Overview

A 12-year-old boy from the isolated steppes in Kazakhstan has first encounter with the outside world when he is sent to a children's clinic with a treatable heart condition. It is here that he gets his first taste of the pain and pleasure of love when he falls for a kindly young nurse. His crush becomes a bit of an obsession, he spies on her frequently and experiences his first moments of sexual awakening. Also at the institution everyone speaks Russian and soon Jasulan will face exclusion in his own country.

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Cast

Zhasulan Asauov

Gulnara Dusmatova

Ilyas Kalymbetov

Saule Toktybayeva

Baurzhan Akhmetov

Asil Badayev

Almas Bekgullayev

Yevhen Bondarenko