Revenge
1990 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 6.1
Made on the eve of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Ermek Shinarbaev’s Kazakh New Wave classic is one of the first films to center on the Korean diaspora in Central Asia. Setting destructive human desires against a ravishing landscape, this poetic revenge tale charts the forceful grip of family trauma.
Also known as The Red Flute
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Details
- Original title
- Месть
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-04-23
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 100 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (31 votes)
Themes
- poetry
- revenge
- murder
Cast & crew
Aleksandr Pan
as Sungu Tsai/ The Poet
Valentina Tyo
as Wife of Yan Ge
Kasym Zhakibayev
as Caj
Lyubov Germanova
as Elza
Oleg Lee
as Old king/ Old monk
Juozas Budraitis
as Tall dumb man
Zinaida Em
as Nemaja
Maksim Munzuk
as Old Yan Ge
Yerik Zholzhaksynov
as Young king
Nikolai Tacheyev
as Young Yan Ge
Directed by Yermek Shinarbayev