TESNOTA

(CLOSENESS)
Kantemir BALAGOV
  • 2017
  • Un Certain Regard
  • First film

1998, Nalchik, the North Caucasus, Russia.
24-year-old Ilana works in her father’s garage to help him make ends meet. One evening, her extended family and friends gather to celebrate the engagement of her younger brother David. Later that night, the young couple is kidnapped, and a ransom demand delivered.
In this close-knit Jewish enclave, involving the police is out of the question. How will the family raise the money to save David? Ilana and her parents, each in their own way, will go as far as necessary, whatever the risks to themselves…

Directed by : Kantemir BALAGOV
Year of production: 2017
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 118 minutes

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  • LENFILM STUDIOS Russian Federation

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