The Hunter 2004 Directed by Serik Aprimov Okhotnik

In an isolated village in the Kazakhstan mountains, Erken, a boy of 12, lives with his mother, a beautiful and alluring single woman. One night, when the mother is visited by a hunter, Erken steals the latters horse and his gun to hold up a shop. Sought by the police, he is found by the hunter who gives him a choice: to go to prison or to go and live with him in the mountains. Thus begins a voyage of initiation, in the course of which the hunter tries to pass on his taste for and understanding of life.

Language Kazakh
Spoken Language Kazakh
Gnere Drama
Production Companies NHK , East Cinema
Release Date 9 August 2004
93 mins