Hanaan
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Stas is a young third generation Koryo-saram, a member of the Korean minority in Central Asia that was deported from the Russian Far East by Stalin. He and his three friends Kasoy, Shin and Said try to escape from the grim life in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, and one day, they also try heroin. Then, however, Kasoy gets killed by a gang. 6 years later, Shin has emigrated to South Korea, Said has become a drug addict and Stas is now a police officer. Said commits suicide by overdosing and Stas, who has has since then also become a drug addict, decides to turn over a new leaf. He follows Shin to South Korea, but can this be Hanaan for him, the Promised Land?
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Cast
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Stanislav Tyan
Stas
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Bahodir Musaev
Said
Also in
Pandemic
Ellen Kim
Son Yeon-ji
Dmitry Eum
Kasoy
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Jang Cheol-ho
Ilbek Faiziev
Maha
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Um Tae-shick
Ruslan Pak
Shin
Also in
Dauren's Wedding
Kim Kkob-bi
Olga (Special Appearance)
Known for
Breathless
The King of Pigs
Vyacheslav Czyu
Korean Guy
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Rustam Esanov
Drug Addict
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Ruslan Pak Director · Park Hyun-min Composer Eom Tae-sik Cinematographer
First release August 11, 2011 · Produced in Uzbekistan, South Korea · Languages Korean, Russian, Uzbek
Production
Flying Tiger Pictures
Production
Indiestory
Production
Uzbekistan · South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
하나안
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Korean · Russian · Uzbek
Release dates
Switzerland · August 11, 2011
Premiere
South Korea · October 11, 2012
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
November 23, 2012 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Canada
September 9, 2011 · Toronto International Film Festival
France
March 29, 2012 · Beaune Film Festival
Sweden
February 1, 2012 · Göteborg International Film Festival
Taiwan
July 1, 2012 · Taipei Film Festival
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