Cadet (2024)
- Original title
- Кадет
- Directed by
- Adilkhan Yerzhanov
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A history teacher named Alina starts working at a military academy and enrolls her son Serik as a cadet. Serik struggles with the strict rules and a cold atmosphere and gets bullied by another student.
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What happens
Cadet (Kazakh: Кадет) is a 2024 Kazakhstani horror film written and directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov. The film follows Alina and her son Serik, as she begins teaching history at a prestigious military academy, where his son also enrolls as a cadet. Serik struggles to fit in amid the rigid rules and cold environment, and soon finds himself facing bullying from his peer. It has its world premiere in International Competition at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival on 1 November 2024. It was released in Kazakhstani cinemas on 2 January 2025. The film was selected to represent Kazakhstan in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, but was not on the list of films accepted by the academy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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