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A philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime.

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Nicolas Rapold New York Times May 30, 2013
3.5/5
Set in modern-day Kazakhstan, where the quiet is broken only by brutishness, this classically shot and edited film is a spare yet entrancing tale drawn with precise strokes. Go to Full Review David Fear Time Out May 28, 2013
3/5
A sense of existential dread that would make the Russkie novelist beam is channeled beautifully, but for a filmmaker lauded for his minimalist aesthetic, Omirbayev sure loves broad-stroke symbolism and sloganeering. Go to Full Review Aaron Cutler Village Voice May 28, 2013
Darezhan Omirbaev's sixth feature-whose unnamed, largely quiet protagonist lives in a poor area of Almaty, Kazakhstan-is a pedagogical film. Go to Full Review Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site Jul 14, 2020
Omirbayev, who has made some interesting films in the past-Cardiogram, 1995; Killer, 1998-adopts the 19th century novel's ultimate religious moralizing as the guiding principle for his movie, to an artistically debilitating effect. Go to Full Review Daniel Kasman MUBI Nov 16, 2017
You cannot look away from Darezhan Omirbaev's "Student", as you can't look away from any of the Kazakh director's films, for each and every shot is quietly but powerfully charged. Go to Full Review John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Aug 26, 2013
3/4
'Crime and Punishment' transplanted to post-Soviet Kazakhstan, where a ruthless new capitalism is creating millionaires and gangsters; the film suggests there isn't much difference between the two. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Darezhan Omirbayev

Director

Nurlan Bajtasov

Student

Edige Bolysbaev

Writer

Darezhan Omirbayev

Nariman Turebaev

Asel Sagatova

Actress

Arushan Sain

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Movie Info

Synopsis A philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime.
Director
Darezhan Omirbayev
Producer
Limara Zjeksembajeva
Screenwriter
Darezhan Omirbayev
Production Co
Kazakhfilm Studios
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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