Waiting for the Sea (2012)
Sailor Marat carries a great burden. His whole village condemns him since his wife and many fishermen were washed off his boat in a mysterious sea storm. Ever since then the sea has vanished. One day, Marat returns to his village, obsessed by the idea of making the sea return and so the dead. He begins rebuilding his shipwreck in the middle of the desert, dragging it towards the endless horizon. Only his last close friend Balthasar, and Tamara, the sister of Marat's deceased wife, believe in him. Tamara, deeply in love with Marat, who repulses her, knows from a fortune teller that maybe not her dream but his might come true. One morning Marat wakes up by the sound of water - the sea has returned, ready to take what belongs to her...
Director:
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Writer:
Sergej Ashkenazy
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Egor Beroev as Marat |
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Anastasiya Mikulchina as Tamara adult / Dari |
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Dinmukhamet Akhimov as Tamara and Dari's father |
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Detlev Buck as Balthazar |
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Radzhab Guseynov as Marduni |
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Pavel Priluchnyy as Ysan, Balthazar's son |
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Daulet Kekelbayev as Kvidak |
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Alexander Rabotyaga as Blonde |
| Directing | Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | Director |
| Writing | Sergej Ashkenazy | Screenplay |
| Camera | Dušan Joksimović | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | Producer |
| Sound | Shuhei Kamimura | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Anatoly Zubkov | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Rifkat Ibragimov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jan Vancaillie | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Danielius Kokanauskis | Editor |
| Editing | Salome Machaidze | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Rudolf Germann | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Andreas Schellenberg | Visual Effects Supervisor |