Crickets, It’s Your Turn

New Directors Competition

Crickets, It’s Your Turn

Crickets, It’s Your Turn

France, Kazakhstan 2024 Fiction cor 105 min.

25-year-old Merey lives a quiet but happy life in Almaty, Kazakhstan. By chance, she meets the charming Nurlan, who invites her to a birthday party in the mountains. She expects a simple celebration with new friends, but what ensues is an intense and tumultuous night that quickly spirals into a dark game of cat-and-mouse.

Presented at the Locarno Film Festival.

France Kazakhstan youth international film festivals female directors

direction

Olga Korotko

screenplay

Olga Korotko

cinematography

Aigul Nurbulatova

editing

Ricardo Saraiva

sound

Benjamin Laurent, Erkhat Sembek

sound design

Ilya Gariyev

art direction

Dana Jumagaliyeva, Eldar Nevlyutov, Zhuldyz Dulatova

cast

Inzhu Abeu, Ayan Batyrbek, Arnur Kusaingazin, Nurlybek Maulezaripov, Boris Yugay, Alexandr Khvan

production

Etienne de Ricaud, Olga Korotko

produced by

Caracteres Productions, Seven Rivers

world sales

Cercamon

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16