SFFS Screen presents: Wind Man
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- Event has passed (Fri Sep 12, 2008 - Thu Sep 18, 2008)
- Cost
- $7.50 - $13.50
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Wind Man (Chelovek-veter, Russia 2007), a folk tale–like feature set in post-Soviet Kazakhstan about a shepherd who encounters a mysterious winged stranger, directed by Khuat Akhmetov, will open at SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on Friday, September 12.Featuring remarkable cinematography, earthy humor and a haunting score, Khuat Akhmetov’s allegorical debut recalls key films from Eastern European cinema. In a small village in remote Kazakhstan, a thunderstorm heralds the arrival of a strange being, withered by age and unable to speak, who falls from the sky. Hiding a pair of wings battered by the storm, the man (who might be an angel) finds shelter in a barn belonging to a man whose son has fallen ill after a mysterious encounter with a veiled stranger. The new visitor cures the boy, but word spreads about his strangeness, and many fearful residents, buoyed by religious superstition, propose a variety of solutions to his presence.
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