Sales company Cercamon has given Variety exclusive access to a clip of its upcoming revenge tale “Crickets, It’s Your Turn” ahead of the film’s Locarno premiere. Written and directed by Olga Korotko – also behind “Bad Bad Winter” – it focuses on Merey (Inzhu Abeu), who lives in Kazakhstan’s Almaty. Then, a girl meets a boy: Nurlan (Ayan Batyrbek), who immediately introduces her to his friends.
It doesn’t go well, but Merey still agrees to go to his birthday party in the mountains. After all, what could go wrong? “In the film, I am not solely addressing patriarchy. I see patriarchy as a symptom: a consequence of a broader worldview rooted in social Darwinism that perceives the world as a place where the only way to succeed is through strength, domination and toxic competition,” Korotko told Variety .
“Patriarchy is a product of this worldview, and I wanted to highlight its characteristics, almost turning them into a joke. The keyword is ‘almost’ because this joke is not funny. There are real victims who suffer, and the consequences of such a perspective can be tragic.
” That’s why the film is called “Crickets, It’s Your Turn,” she explained, borrowing a phrase used when someone makes a joke but no one finds it amusing. “We need to change as a society, redefining what we consider to be the success of an individual, a country, or a society as a whole. This worldview is pervasive and not confined to Kazakhstan.
It exists everywhere,” she.