The Road (2001 film)
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The Road is a 2001 Kazakhstani drama film
directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
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Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
Darezhan Omirbaev
Darezhan Omirbaev is a Kazakhstani film director and screenwriter. He has directed eight films since 1982. His film Tueur à gages was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Un Certain Regard Prize....
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 2001 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann, President * Mimmo Calopresti * Charlotte Gainsbourg...
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Cast
- Jamshed UsmonovJamshed UsmonovJamshed Usmonov is a Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of most notable figures of contemporary Persian cinema.He studied at the Dushanbe Fine Arts School in Dushanbe and Director's School in Moscow...
- Amir Kobessov - Saule Toktybayeva - Amir's mother
- Alnur Turgambayeva - Amir's wife
- Magjane Omirbayev - Amir's son / Amir as a child
- Valeria Gouliaeva - Veronika, the waitress
- Valeria Guliyaeva - Veronika, the waitress
- Valeri Skoribov - Censorship agent
- Moukhamedjane Alpisbaev - Amir's school friend
- Serik Aprimov - The avenging brother