Berik, 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.
Released
France
May 16, 2010
(Cannes Film Festival)
Australia
July 29, 2010
(Melbourne International Film Festival)
Belgium
October 19, 2010
(Gent International Film Festival)
Greece
November 17, 2012
(Panorama of European Cinema)
Denmark
January 1, 2010