Kazakhstan 2017
Drama about deaf people.
Duration - 95 minutes
Scriptwriter&Director&Producer - ZHANNA ISSABAYEVA
Director of Photography - MIKHAIL BLINTSOV
Production Designer - DZHALALATDIN IBRAGIMOV
Editor - AZAMAT ALTYBASOV
Sound Designer - ANDREY REZINKIN
Cast: LAURA KOROLEVA, ROMAN LYSTSOV, NATALYA KOLESNIKOVA,
ALIM MENDYBAYEV, MARAT ABISHEV,VARVARA MASYAGINA
Synopsis
Sveta - a hearing impaired woman faces a very difficult life challenge. She is in danger of losing her job as a foreman in a sewing shop. If she loses the job, then she probably loses her apartment as well, because she will not able to pay interest on the mortgage any more. Her husband Ruslan took a passive position. Thus, Sveta decides to fight in every way possible for the apartment, for the little "world" that she, an invalid, created with such difficulty. Sveta commits a crime. She also pushes her husband Ruslan to commit a crime as well - he poisons his old sick grandmother. Sveta does not suffer from feeling of guilt, unlike Ruslan. She has a very special attitude to life. There is simply no place for repentance in her life.
The World Premiere of the film SVETA was in Competition of Tokyo
Film Festival 2017. The main actress Laura Koroleva was nominated
"Best Asian Actress" of "Asian Pacific Screen Awards".