어바웃 러브About Love

서울독립영화제2006 (제32회)

SYNOPSIS

고독한 일상을 살아가던 수학교사 카이라트는 어느 날 우연히 만난 대학 동창 아스카의 초대를 받는다. 아스카의 부인 토그잔과 사랑에 빠진 카이라트. 그들은 서로를 갈망하지만, 현실의 조건 때문에 쉽사리 감정을 발전시키지 못한다. 안톤 체호프의 [어바웃 러브]와 [구스베리]를 원작으로 하고 있다.

DIRECTING INTENTION

내가 체호프의 소설인 [어바웃 러브]를 영화화하고 싶었던 이유는 체호프의 원작이 가지고 있는 현대적인 성격 때문이다. 내가 느끼는 우리 시대는 지나치게 시끄러우며, 개인은 소외되어 있다. 즉, 우리는 고요하고, 깊고 미묘한 감정들이 사라지는 시대에 살고 있는 것이다. 이 영화는 일어나지 않은 사랑에 관한 이야기가 될 것이다. 나는 이러한 사랑의 이야기가 이 영화에 흥미와 진정성을 부여해 줄 수 있기를 바란다. 심리학자들의 말 처럼, 돌파구를 찾지 못한 채 실현되지 않은 감정들은 기억 속에 오랫동안 지속된다.

DIRECTOR

다레잔 오미르바예프

2001 <길>
1998 <킬러>
1995 <카르디오그람>
1991 <카이라트>

SYNOPSIS

1. About Love
Kairat, a lonely teacher of mathematic, accidentally meets his old friend, Askar. Askar invites him at his home, where Kairat becomes acquainted with Togzhan, the wife of Askar. And he falls in love with her. Though this love was mutual, they couldn’t step over the obstacles already made by their lives. They and their emotions delayed. (The script is based on the novel by Chekhov ""About Love"" which is very modern, silent, deep and subtle. Also some bits from his novel ""Gooseberry"" were included.)

DIRECTING INTENTION

The reason to make the film ‘About Love’is that this novel (like all novels by Chekhov) is very modern. As I feel, in our times, so noisy and insolent, we feel the shortage of this kind of emotions –silent, deep and subtle. This film will tell on love which didn’t happen. And I hope, because of it the film will be interesting and authentic. Psychologists say – the emotions, which didn’t find way out and were not embodied, last in memory for long time.

DIRECTOR

Darezhan OMIRBAYEV

Darezhan OMIRBAYEV Born in 1958 in Kazakhstan. He studied mathematics at the University of Kazakhstan before entering the Moscow Film School (VGIK) in 1987. He worked as a critic before directing his debut feature film (1991) which was invited to compete at Locarno and was awarded the Silver Leopard and the FIPRESCI Prize. As a charter member of the "Kazakh New Wave" Omirbayev is often referred to as the "Robert Bresson of Central Asia."

1991 < Kairat >
1995 < Cardiogram >
1998 < Killer >
2001 < The Road >