
Onlyfewdirectorsintheworldarecapabletomake3differentfilmsinoneyear.UnstoppableKazakhworkaholicAdilkhanYerzhanovisoneofthem.HisfaithfulregularactorsDaniarAlshinov(“ADark-DarkMan”)andAsselSadvakassova(“Ulbolsyn”)reuniteforthefunniestcomedyofPOFF’sOfficialSelection,intriguinglysupportedbyrareperformanceofveterandirectorBolatKalymbetov,whoisalsoinvitedtoTallinnwithmoreseriousbiographicaldrama“Mukagali”.<br/> WearebackinheavilycorruptedlawlessKaratasvillage,whichisnaturallyimmunetoanyhonestyandwherealmostallYerzhanov’sfilmsarestaged.Pandemiclockdownreachedeventhisdistantsecludedplaceinthemiddleofnowhere,buttheshowofmoneylaundering,scammingdealsandillegalvodkabusinessmustgoonintheshadowsofcoronavirus,whichalsomustpaybribestobediscovered.<br/> AllcopsandthugsinKarataslearnedtheircraftfromSidneyLumet,Jean-PierreMelville,BriandePalma,CoenBrothers.LocalgoodlydishonestdetectiveSelkeuadoresbribes,supportscriminalfraudsandlivesforasecretdreamtochoreographeveryoneinKaratasforthebandofdancers“TheRascals”.Hehasnochoice,buttoaccomplishdirtydeedsofgangsterBola,wannabetheworld’sfamousmoviedirector.<br/> Improviseddancingwithguns&maskscomedyoffershilariousapproachtofilmcriticism.Youbetterdon’tsayanythingnegativetoBolat“Bola”Kalymbetovanddon’taskwhoisbetterdirector(HimorAdilkhan),ifyoustillwanttodanceoneday.VasKiChi…
