Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Olga Korotko’s Locarno Player ‘Crickets, It’s Your Turn’ Offers Khazak Twist on ‘Promising Young Woman’: Watch the First Clip (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Sales company Cercamon has given Variety exclusive access to a clip of its upcoming revenge tale “Crickets, It’s Your Turn” ahead of the film’s Locarno premiere.
Written and directed by Olga Korotko – also behind “Bad Bad Winter” – it focuses on Merey (Inzhu Abeu), who lives in Kazakhstan’s Almaty.
Then, a girl meets a boy: Nurlan (Ayan Batyrbek), who immediately introduces her to his friends. It doesn’t go well, but Merey still agrees to go to his birthday party in the mountains.
After all, what could go wrong? “In the film, I am not solely addressing patriarchy. I see patriarchy as a symptom: a consequence of a broader worldview rooted in social Darwinism that perceives the world as a place where the only way to succeed is through strength, domination and toxic competition,” Korotko told Variety. “Patriarchy is a product of this worldview, and I wanted to highlight its characteristics, almost turning them into a joke.
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