Teoman Khos

Les élèves d’un lycée de Karatas au Kazakhstan sont pris en otage par des inconnus armés portant des masques. Ces ravisseurs ne font pourtant aucune demande. Apprenant que l’armée n’arrivera que dans deux jours car une tempête de neige fait rage, Tazshi, le professeur de mathématiques, prend la décision de partir à l’assaut avec d’autres parents. La vie des enfants dépend alors de lui, de son ex-femme, du policier du village, d’un vétéran d’Afghanistan, d’un alcoolique, d’un professeur d’EPS et du directeur de l’école.

Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains. Will Kermek's love of Alain Delon be strong enough to keep them out of the violent clutches of the mafia?

Two workers are having a leisurely conversation. More and more often people see in the sky red tails of comets, wonder creatures appear from nowhere and a roar is said to be coming from the underground. What is the meaning of it all? – asks one of them. The other replies that he has never seen anything like that in his life. And even if all of the above mentioned exists, is it worthwhile paying attention to it? The important thing is to do one’s job because life goes its own way.

La belle Saltanat et son chevalier servant Kuandyk sont amis depuis l’enfance. Criblée de dettes, la famille de Saltanat l’envoie dans la grande ville où elle est promise à un riche mariage. Escortée par Kuandyk qui veille sur elle, Saltanat quitte son village pour l’inconnu. Les deux jeunes gens se trouvent entraînés malgré eux dans une suite d’événements cruels et tentent d’y résister de toutes les façons possibles.

The Kazakh village Karatas has long been subjugated by a criminal boss called Poshaev. He provides housing and jobs for the locals but will ruthlessly execute anyone who dares to oppose him. This is the lesson the pauper Arzu is about to learn first-hand—his wife Karina has informed the police about the crimes that are taking place there. Arzu is a cripple; now he must raise his little daughter alone. He is so helpless and grief-stricken that he doesn’t even seem to be contemplating revenge. Poshaev takes him under his wing and offers him the position of a guard at a building site. Soon Arzu has a chance to prove his loyalty, and he becomes Poshaev’s right hand. But where do Arzu’s real loyalties lie—with his boss or with the idea of justice?

Bekzat est un jeune policier qui connait déjà toutes les ficelles de la corruption des steppes kazakhes. Chargé d’étouffer une nouvelle affaire d’agressions mortelles sur des petits garçons, il est gêné par l’intervention d’une journaliste pugnace et déterminée. Les certitudes du cow-boy des steppes vacillent.

The tireless Kazakh master has no name. He feels no pain. He says no words. He returns from war to a big, dangerous city rife with corruption. The former war veteran shows no mercy, punishing the greedy and the rich. He has no choice – kill or be killed. He is determined to protect his missing younger brother's family by finding his brother's redheaded wife, all the while rebelling against the system and avoiding his many vengeful enemies.