• Director: Amir Karakulov
  • Release Year: 1996
  • Production Country: Kazakhstan
  • Language: Kazakh

Posledniye kanikuly (Last Holiday)

Description

When their friend is beaten by the police for stealing a used guitar, Soviet teens take a brutal vengeance–but if the children are rotten, what does that say about the society in which they grew up?

Themes

Kazakhstan, Soviet Union (U.S.S.R. 1922 – 1991), Gang warfare, Childhood, Social commentary, Political uses of film, Police brutality, Family relationships, Urban violence, Juvenile delinquency, Soviet satellite states