THE CHIMP
synopsis
A desolate, restless small town lost in the industrial wastelands of Kirghizstan. Plagued by boredom, confusion and sex ' all the usual agonies of adolescence ' 17 year-old 'Chimp' (so called becasue of his ears) and his friends are killing time by fighting, partying and working in the railyard before undergoing their military service. 'Chimp' has more than his share of problems: His pretty and capricious girlfriend causes him nothing but heartache, his father is a self-loathing chronic alcoholic, and his long-suffering mother has had enough. She leaves, taking 'Chimp's' kid sister with her.
international title: | The Chimp |
original title: | Maimil |
country: | France, Kyrgyzstan, Japan |
sales agent: | Goodfellas |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Aktan Arym Kubat |
film run: | 98' |
release date: | FR 23/01/2002, NL 25/07/2002 |
screenplay: | Aktan Arym Kubat |
cast: | Mirlan Abdykalykov, Alexandra Mitrokhina, Yuri Sokolov, Salynbek Sarymsakov |
cinematography by: | Khasan Kydyraliyev |
film editing: | Tilek Mambetova, Natalia Vavilkina |
art director: | Dzylykcy Dzakypov, Erkin Saliyev |
music: | Alexand Turtaev, Aleksandr Yurtayev |
producer: | Cédomir Kolar, Yuji Sadai, Marc Baschet, Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Goulmira Kemirova |
production: | Noé Productions |
distributor: | Haut et Court |