Whoever Softer
Whoever Softer (Russian: Тот, кто нежнее, romanized: Tot, kto nezhnee) is a feature film director by Abay Karpykov.[2][3]
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| Directed by | Abay Karpykov |
| Written by | Abay Karpykov Leila Ahinzhanova |
| Produced by | Andrey Razumovsky Yury Romanenko Serik Zhubandykov Anar Kashaganova Oraz Rymzhanov |
| Starring | Bopesh Jandaev Kseniya Kachalina |
| Cinematography | Nikolay Kirienkov Aleksey Berkovich George Gidt |
| Music by | Leonid Desyatnikov |
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Release date | 1996[1] |
Running time | 92 min |
| Countries | Kazakhstan Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
A young man by the name of Danesh is hospitalized with a broken leg. An old man, his roommate at the hospital ward, tells Danesh about two relics: tamga (gold plate) and a ruby. Once a year with their help it is possible to find treasure in the Canyon of Scorpio. Tamga was brought from abroad by Arab sheikhs, who are waiting for a messenger from the old man. After the old man's death, his sisters give Danesh the ruby and map of the Canyon and he goes off in search of treasure. Ramazan, a bandit who kidnapped translator Alyona, who can read the Arabic inscription on the tamga, becomes Danesh's opponent.
Cast
- Bopesh Jandaev as Danesh[4]
- Kseniya Kachalina as Alyona
- Nikolay Stotsky as Gosha
- Andrei Rostotsky as Ramazan
- Farhat Abdraimov as Farhat
- Bolot Beyshenaliyev as Sultan Khan Giray
- Aristarkh Livanov as Baigali
Critical reception
One review said that at first, everything is unnecessarily meaningful, full of secrets and omissions. In the history of rivalry between two hard-hearted Kazakh brothers because of someone else's wealth, there is a lot of seriousness and pomposity that is not appropriate; is felt primarily in the behavior of Russian actors Andrei Rostotsky and Aristarkh Livanov. Paradoxically, the debutante Farhat Abdraimov makes a mocking and good-natured element of everything happening in the comic role of a seemingly formidable fat man who has an unexpectedly thin voice and a completely mild temper.[5] .