The Kalgan Horse
Film Notes
Original Title: id.
Country, year: Kazakistan, 2026
Language: Originale con sottotitoli in italiano
Duration: 13′
Color: colore
Director: Zichen Zhao
Cast: Yang Yang, Si Feng
Screenplay: Zichen Zhao, Yue Zhang
Photography: Junxiong Zhu
Film editing: Yue Zhang, Zichen Zhao
Music: Zijan Guo, Haozheng Liu
Production: Zichen Zhao
Premiere: Italiana
Screening info
Location: Cinema Astra | Date: 01/10/2026 Time 17:00
Cortometraggio | –
Synopsis
In the borderlands between the farming and herding regions of northern China, a Mongolian horse awaits castration.
A ten-year-old boy, determined to save it, finds himself confronting a form of cruelty that defies his understanding.
