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{{Infobox film
| name           = Killer
| image          = 
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| director       = [[Darezhan Omirbaev]]
| producer       = [[Joël Farges]]<br />[[Elise Jalladeau]]<br />[[Gaziz Shaldybayev]]
| writer         = Darezhan Omirbaev<br />[[Limara Zjeksembajeva]]
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [[Talgat Assetov]]<br />[[Roksana Abouova]]
| music          = 
| cinematography = [[Boris Trochev]]
| editing        = [[R. Belyakova]]
| distributor    = [[Celluloid Dreams]]
| released       = September 12, 1998 (Toronto)
| runtime        = 80 minutes
| country        = [[Kazakhstan]]<br>France
| language       = Russian
| budget         = 
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'''''Killer''''' ({{lang-fr|Tueur à gages}}) is a 1998 [[cinema of France|French]]-[[List of Kazakhstani films|Kazakhstani]] [[Crime film|crime]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Darezhan Omirbaev]].

==Plot==
Marat (Talgat Assetov) is a [[chauffeur]] who, following a traffic accident, finds himself in debt. When his baby becomes ill, he agrees to murder a journalist in order to earn some money.<ref>{{cite web
  | last = Stewart
  | first = Bhob
  | title = Plot Synopsis
  | publisher = [[Allmovie]]
  | url = http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:162524~T0
  | accessdate =2008-01-25 }}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Talgat Assetov]] as Marat
*[[Roksana Abouova]] as Aijan

==Awards==
''Killer'' won the [[Un Certain Regard Award]] at the [[1998 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10310/year/1998.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Killer |accessdate=2009-10-04|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> At the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], it won the Don Quijote Award - Special Mention and was nominated for the Crystal Globe.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Awards for Tueur à gages
  | publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]]
  | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157124/awards
  | accessdate =2008-01-25 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0157124|title=Killer}}
* {{Amg movie|162524|Killer}}

{{Un Certain Regard}}

[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:1990s crime drama films]]
[[Category:French films]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani films]]
[[Category:Russian-language films]]
[[Category:Gangster films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Darezhan Omirbaev]]

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