{"id":1617,"date":"2018-10-10T23:34:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2018-12-22T01:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T18:23:09","slug":"p-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%a1%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%ab%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%a7%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%ab%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%b9%e0%b9%88\/p-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"P’s Gems 1 : Night God"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NIGHT GOD\u00a0 (<\/strong>NOCHNOI BOG<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written and directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Director\u2019s statement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The main character is a tired, shuddering in eternal winter man in a hat. He wanders from place to place looking to get paid.<\/p>\n

They strap a bomb on him, telling him it\u2019s just a fake bomb. They promise to pay for his participation in TV-show.\u00a0 But there is a horrible mistake, and the bomb turns out to be real.<\/p>\n

The man with bomb is looking for those who can help to take this bomb off. But authorities require certificates and signatures from different bodies proving that he is not a terrorist and never follow extremist religious groups.<\/p>\n

In front of him the world goes crazy. He sees signs in the sky, the demons walk the streets, and nobody cares about his ticking bomb.<\/p>\n

The fate, the irrational force is hiding behind every fatal event, every social injustice, and it\u2019s hard to understand or to fix.<\/p>\n

The hero relies on rational logic, but there\u2019s no point anymore and no one who could help \u2013 the end of the world is already happening, quietly but for a very long time.<\/p>\n

The hero is aware that he always was afraid of something. He believes that some divinity \u2013 maybe it\u2019s Night God \u2013 is watching over them, over their society for long time, and all his previous generations got through the same.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible to remake society; the roots of what is happening have an almost mystical origin.<\/p>\n

The hero can do only one thing: stop trying to make sense of it all and just look into the sky without shielding his eyes even as others hide from it.<\/p>\n

I like to define the meaning of what is happening in society in mythological terms, mixing reality and dream. Such a mix is more enlightening and has more impact than the broadcasting of bombastic truths.<\/p>\n

The hero as Divine Comedy\u2019s Dante travels around infernal corners of a strange world, which is absolutely real and even domestic. He sees real, mundane details: police officers at work; fugitive migrants. But there is blood behind every wall; there are shooting stars outside the windows, there is a clamour in the sky and an evil din under the earth.<\/p>\n

Travelling around without purpose (formally he is looking for certificates), the hero goes back to his childhood to seek the reasons for his existence, the power which would give him courage to confront the absurdity of life.<\/p>\n

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NIGHT GOD <\/strong>(NOCHNOI BOG<\/em>)\u00a0 110 min<\/p>\n

\u201cThe end of the world is already happening<\/em>\u201d, says director Adilkhan Yerzhanov, \u201cquietly, but for a very long time<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sense of god, light, evil and good is distorted in a frenzy, in which our modern world is losing itself; and in the centre of all this chaos there is a small man in a hat who wanders from place to place with his daughter looking for odd jobs. They strap a bomb on him, telling him it\u2019s just a fake bomb. They promise to pay for his participation in a TV-show.\u00a0 But there is a horrible mistake, and the bomb turns out to be real. As he looks for those who can help to take this bomb off, authorities require certificates and signatures from different bodies testifying that he\u2019s not a terrorist belonging to some extremist religious group.<\/p>\n

As the world goes insane before him, he sees omens in the sky; demons walk the streets, and nobody cares about his ticking bomb. The irrational force of destiny is hiding behind every fatal event, every social injustice, and it\u2019s hard to understand or to fix. \u00a0Kafka on acid in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a spellbinder by a master of sound and image and a poet of dispossession,<\/em>\u201d says Jonathan Rosenbaum.<\/p>\n

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Director \/ <\/strong>Screenplay \/ Editor : <\/strong>Adilkhan Yerzhanov<\/p>\n

DOP<\/strong>: Yedige Nesipbekov<\/p>\n

Production Designer : <\/strong>Yermek Utegenov<\/p>\n

Producer : <\/strong>Serik Abishev, Olga Khlasheva<\/p>\n

Cast<\/strong> : Baimurat Zhumanov, Aliya Zainalova, Nurbek Mukushev, Konstantin Kozlov<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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