Distribution company Cercamon has given Variety exclusive access to a clip from the upcoming revenge tale “Crickets, It's Your Turn” ahead of the film's Locarno premiere.

Written and directed by Olga Korotko – also responsible for “Bad Bad Winter” – it focuses on Merey (Inzhu Abeu), who lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Then a girl meets a boy, Nurlan (Ayan Batyrbek), who immediately introduces her to his friends. Things don’t end well, but Merey still agrees to go to his birthday party in the mountains. After all, what could possibly go wrong?

“In the film, I don’t just focus on patriarchy. I see patriarchy as a symptom: a consequence of a broader worldview rooted in social Darwinism that sees the world as a place where the only way to succeed is through strength, dominance and toxic competition,” Korotko told Variety.

“Patriarchy is a product of this worldview, and I wanted to emphasize its characteristics, almost turning them into a joke. The key word is ‘almost,’ because this joke is not funny. There are real victims who suffer, and the consequences of such a perspective can be tragic.”