Hanaan
Filmfest 2012
(HA-NA-AN)
Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan 2011
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Russian)
German Premiere
Director: Ruslan Pak
Section: International Independents
Stas is a descendant of the Koreans forcibly relocated by Stalin to Uzbekistan in the late 1930s - "a cop with a shady background who quits the force when he realizes the extent of the police's venality and corruption. This sparks a spiral of decline that leaves him a near-helpless drug-addict in skuzzy sequences of aggressively unpleasant junkie squalor. It's only by retreating into the mountainous Uzbek countryside that Stas can go (icy) cold turkey, then seek revenge against the dealer who, years before, killed one of his best friends . . . a painful path to perdition and redemption."
Neil Young, Hollywood Reporter
Cast: Stanislav Tyan, Bahodir Musaev, Ilbek Faiziev, Dmitry Eum, Ruslan Pak
Credits
Screenplay: Ruslan Pak
Director of Photography: Tae-sik Um
Film Editor: Se-hoon Lee, Ruslan Pak
Composer: Hyun-min Park, junjayang
Sound: Chul-ho Chang
Producer: Ellen Y.D. Kim
Production Company: Zamie Pictures
World Sales: M-Line Distribution
Director: Ruslan Pak
