Experimentation. Transcendence. Rapture.
GERMANY, France, Kazakhstan | 113 minutes | 2016
Quadriptyque sombre aux approches inventives. Four teens will have to get their wings burned to find their place in the world. In a village in Kazakhstan, Zharas has no choice but to work to feed his family. Chick is preparing for a singing contest, but a bunch of school bullies rob him of his dream. While looking for scrap metal to sell, Toad meets three lunatics who tell him about a buried treasure. Aslan is a straight-A student headed for university, but when his girlfriend gets pregnant, he has to think more pragmatically. A somber four-character study that takes an inventive approach.
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