
Overview
Spurred by his own postmodern musings and the growing inequality, corruption, and kill-or-be-killed ethic of post-Soviet Kazakhstan, a solitary philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime, which leads to growing guilt.
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Based on
Based on Crime and Punishment
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Setting
Set in Kazakhstan
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Darezhan OmirbayevWriter
- Fyodor DostoevskyNovel
- Original title
- Студент
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 17, 2012
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Kazakhstan
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