The Hunter

Released
2004
1h 33min
8 votes
Drama

Synopsis

In an isolated village in the Kazakhstan mountains, Erken, a boy of 12, lives with his mother, a beautiful and alluring single woman. One night, when the mother is visited by a hunter, Erken steals the latters horse and his gun to hold up a shop. Sought by the police, he is found by the hunter who gives him a choice: to go to prison or to go and live with him in the mountains. Thus begins a voyage of initiation, in the course of which the hunter tries to pass on his taste for and understanding of life.

Détails techniques

Titre original

Okhotnik

Langue originale

KK

Langues parlées

Kazakh

Production

Compagnies de production

NHK

East Cinema

Pays de production

France

Japan

Kazakhstan

Switzerland

Distribution & Équipe