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Kazakhstan10 Essential Films from KazakhstanStop 7 of 10

A Dark, Dark Man

Қап-қара адам

2019

A cynical rural detective ready to pin a boy's murder on a convenient suspect has his tidy case upended when a city journalist starts asking questions, forcing him toward an uneasy reckoning with his own complicity. A stark, blackly comic neo-noir.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Kazakhstan

This film is stop 7 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Kazakhstan. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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