A short drama about friendship and understanding, takes place in Semey, Kazakhstan. Berik, 33, blind and deformed due to radiation poisoning, spends his days at home alone, while his brother is at work. That is until Adil, 11, the smallest and least popular of the kids in the apartment block, turns up on Berik's doorstep looking for the local bully¿s football, which he has lost.
| Original title | Berik |
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| Danish title | Berik |
| Keywords | Friendship, Disabled, Kasakhstan |
| Director | Daniel Joseph Borgman |
| Screenplay | Daniel Joseph Borgman |
| Producer | Katja Adomeit |
| Director of Photography | Niels Buchholzer |
| Editor | Dan Loghin |
| Sound | Frank Mølgaard Knudsen, Sigrid D.P. Aalbæk Jensen |
| Composer | Jonas Colstrup |
| Appearance | Berik Sysdikow, Adil Mukataev, Abdi Iskakov, Aziz Kaliev |
| Production country | Denmark, Russia |
| Dialogue language | Russian |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
| International sales | Zentropa Productions ApS |
| Technical info | 35 mm, 2,35:1 Scope, color, Dolby digital stereo |
| Danish festival release | 24.08.2010, Café Biografen (Odense), Odense Internationale Film Festival 2010. |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Production company | Zentropa, Super16 |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Daniel Joseph Borgman |
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Script |
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| Script | Daniel Joseph Borgman |
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Production |
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| Producer | Katja Adomeit |
| Producer's assistant | Rikke Mohr Jørgensen |
| Assistant | Daria Gaiduk |
| Assistant | Marina Gobrobevskaya |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Niels Buchholzer |
| First assistant camera | Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Dan Loghin |
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Music |
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| Music | Jonas Colstrup |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Frank Mølgaard Knudsen |
| Sound engineer | Sigrid D.P. Aalbæk Jensen |
| Foley artist | Kjetil Mørk |
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Appearance |
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| Berik | Berik Sysdikow |
| Adil | Adil Mukataev |
| Abdi | Abdi Iskakov |
| Aziz | Aziz Kaliev |
| Beriks mor | Medet Sysdikow |
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