Native Dancer (2008)
Overview
Aidai the baksy, or witch doctor, lives in the mountains and helps people. She uses mysterious actions to cure the sick and to give infertile couples children. As capitalist forces begin to encroach on tradition, the first casualty is any culture's most fundamental inheritance - land. The healer has to leave her land because the mob thinks the location is suitable for a filling station. A harsh battle between supernatural good and earthly evil ensues.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $1,500,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | kk |
| Popularity | 0.578 |
Directed By
Gulshat Omarova
Crew
Ermek Tursunov
Gulshat Omarova
Gulshat Omarova
Sergei Bodrov
Natacha Devillers
Sergej Azimov
Sergei Selyanov
Almagul Menlibayeva
Sergei Bodrov
Rafik Galeev
Almagul Menlibayeva
Alec Schulmann
Daria Danilova
Rafik Galeev
Farkhad Amankulov
Olivier Dandré
Pavel Popov
Aleksey Kiryukhin
Anuar Raibayev
Vladimir Golounin
Pavel Popov
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