TOKYO FILMeX Competition

BOPEM
  11/23(Mon.)15:10[A]
  11/25(Wed.)21:15[N3]
  • Film
    • BOPEM
      Kazakhstan / 2015 / 78 min.
      Director: Zhanna ISSABAYEVA
      [introduction]
      Rayan is a 14-year-old boy who lost his beloved mother in an accident when he was 5. He lives alone along the shore of the Aral Sea. One day at a hospital, Rayan is told he has a serious illness and unless he receives surgery he will only have a few months to live. He does not have the money needed for the surgery and knows his chances for free medical treatment through the government is also very slim. In despair, Rayan decides to exact revenge on those he bears a grudge. His first target is the policeman who killed his mother, but evaded punishment…. Zhanna ISSABAYEVA’s sixth film, “BOPEM”, questions the meaning of revenge in its shocking story while the landscape of the Aral Sea, in danger of vanishing through many years of environmental devastation, will leave a strong impression.
  • Director
    • Zhanna ISSABAYEVA

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