Killer
Directed by	Darezhan Omirbaev
Produced by	Joël Farges Elise Jalladeau Gaziz Shaldybayev
Written by	Darezhan Omirbaev Limara Zjeksembajeva
Starring	Talgat Assetov Roksana Abouova
Cinematography	Boris Trochev
Editing by	R. Belyakova
Distributed by	Celluloid Dreams
Release date(s)	September 12, 1998 (Toronto)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Kazakhstan France
Language	Russian

Killer (French: Tueur à gages) is a 1998 French-Kazakhstani crime drama film directed by Darezhan Omirbaev.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Marat (Talgat Assetov) is a chauffeur who, following a traffic accident, finds himself in debt. When his baby becomes ill, he agrees to murder a journalist in order to earn some money.^[1]

[edit] Cast

• Talgat Assetov as Marat
• Roksana Abouova as Aijan

[edit] Awards

Killer won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, it won the Don Quijote Award - Special Mention and was nominated for the Crystal Globe.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Killer at the Internet Movie Database
• Killer at Allmovie

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