Cinema
The Savage
Dikar
Kamara Kamalova · 1988
Synopsis
A boy barely out of childhood grows up in a neighbourhood where an important man thinks himself above everything and abuses his position. Around him, no adult, not even the war veterans, has ever found the strength to stand up to this arrogant power. It is the teenager who will risk it. Through this story and that of young lovers, the film speaks of the injustices of the Soviet system.
Context
The screenplay is by Roustam Ibraguimbekov, who adapted it from a text of his own. The cinematography is by Oleg Martynov and the music is by Doga. The film, in colour, runs eighty-eight minutes; it is dated 1988 or 1989 depending on the sources. Its director says she wanted to show a boy who dares to confront a power that no one in his neighbourhood had dared to defy, and to make of this story a protest against the abuse of power and the erosion of morality. French audiences discovered it at Nantes, when the city's festival devoted a programme to Uzbek production.
Who it is for
No French version. An hour and a half about a teenager facing the arrogance of adults, which can be followed without knowing anything of the period.
Prizes and reception
No known award. A festival in Nantes screened it in 1997, among the films that revealed the output of Tashkent to the French public.
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