Ulzhan

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Audience Member I usually don't like this kind of movies but this one was an exception, Bleak & Stunning without annoying cliches & preachings that are common is this kind of movies, Another great movie from the director of The Tin Drum Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautifully shot in the amazing Kazakhstan landscapes but it is hard to have compassion for the main characters. Schlondorff certainly did better flicks. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Ulzhan is damn weird. I loved it at the VCU French Film Festival in 2008, and I've been trying to see it again since. You find yourself wondering what it is--film noir? Magical realism? Spy story? Pilgrimage? Man versus nature? It starts with a man in Kazakhstan clearly having problems with his identity as he sheds passports and belongings and heads across the steppes on foot. On the way to a storied mountain using what he claims is a treasure map, he is joined by nomadic spirits who want to know what he's really after. It's hard to compare this to another movie, but it's got a few gists in common with the quirky existentialism of I Heart Huckabees. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Luved the film... Torreton was very convincing, Ayanat Ksenbai is very beautiful and played well as-well for her 4th film...in french! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A stunning road movie about humanity. The story is pretty slender but it's full of ideas and works at a number of levels, from damaged humans to the damaged environment. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Un road movie bouleversant, mais qu'il faut "meriter" : au debut du film, le personnage principal ne parle jamais, on ne sait rien de lui ni de ses motivations, ni le pourquoi de ses actes apparemment absurdes. Au fur et a mesure des ses rencontres (improbables) dans la steppe kazakhe, on commence a percevoir ses motivations mais, jusqu'au tout dernier photogramme, le doute subsiste. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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