Hunter, TheKazakhstan
2004, 93min.
 Sc./Dir: Serik Aprymov, Dir. of Phot: Hasan Kidiraliev, Compos.: Kazbek Spanov, Prod. Design.: Gulmira Aprymova, Edit.: Dina Bersugurova, Tatiana Suhorukova, Sound: Leonid Akhmadeev, Prod.: Gulmira Aprymova, Abderrahmane Sissako.
Cast: Dogdurbek Kidiraliev, Alibek Zhuasbaev, Gulnazid Omarova, Ihtimbaev Nurzhuman, Zhambota Iskakov.
12-year-old Erken is living with his single mother, a provocative, local beauty. One day, a hunter comes from the steppe and spends the night with his mother. In an act of rebellion, the boy steals the hunter’s horse and his weapon, and plunders a local shop. To avoid Erken’s imprisonment and to help his mother, the hunter takes the boy away with him into the wild. What follows is a wonderful voyage of initiation to the hunter’s way of life and the secrets of nature, as well as the boy’s journey to manhood. | Aprymov, Serik Serik Aprymov (born 1960, Aul-Aksuat, East Kazakhstan)
He studied engineering from 1975-1979, fulfilled his military duty, and in 1983 started a study in film directing at the film school of Moscow (VGIK). He took Sergei Solovyev’s masters class in 1989. A Kazakh New Wave film director, Aprymov had international breakthroughs with Aksuat and Three Brothers.
Filmography
Two drove a motorcycle (1986, short), The Hypnosist (1988, short), The Last Stop (1989), Dream in Dream (1993), Aksuat (1998), Three Brothers (2000).
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