Briskly economic drama which draws multiple battle lines: between the city and the country; tradition and modernity; the patriarchy and one doggedly relentless woman.
Indiewire ("Yellow Cat")
Meta-cinematic "Badlands"-like romance
Boris Khlebnikov, Russian film director ("Atbay’s Fight")
"A fascinating story of an ambiguous character"
Variety ("A Dark, Dark Man")
“Brilliant, diamond-hard film noir”
Andrey Plakhov, film critic, Russia («Plague at the Karatas Village»)
"Visually choosing tonality of Goya’s “Los Caprichos”, the director achieves great artistic volume"
Jonathan Rosenbaum, film critic, US («Night God»)
"This is a spellbinder by a master of sound and image and a poet of dispossession"
Variety («The Gentle Indifference of the World»)
"...slyly humorous, stylized minimalism, the miserablism of his characters and their laconic, poker-faced acting style all recall the early films of Aki Kaurismaki..."
The Hollywood Reporter («The Owners»)
"...surreal, tragicomic, visually rich..."
«Art of Cinema», Magazine («Realtors»)
"Realtors" is a national version of “Kin-dza-dza!”, taking us not to far away stars, but to our ancestors and family legends"
APSA Academy NETPAC Jury («Constructors»)
“...striking visual qualities and unique insights into contemporary social conditions in Kazakhstan…”