Swift (2008)
Overview
The young Kazakh city girl Ainur wrestles with life. Everything and everybody seems to be against her: school, family, her best friend. But Ainur is no push-over. Fighting at school and unhappy at home with her pregnant mother and drunken stepdad, petulant, tomboyish teen Ainur quits high school. She aimlessly bounces around Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan, encountering a cross-section of the population as she goes.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | kk |
| Popularity | 0.351 |
Directed By
Abai Kulbai
Crew
Abai Kulbai
Sergei Azimov
Abai Kulbai
A. Myrzasheva
Eugenie Zvonkine
Alexandr Kostalev
Sergei Pogoreltsev
TOP CAST
Inessa Kislova
Ainur
Anar Kakenova
Asel
Merlen Kaldybalin
Saken
Lyazzat Aidarova
Ainur's Mother
Bakhitzhan Alpeisov
Stepfather
Maxim Pupisov
Father (as Maxim Pupisov)
Marzhan Kazybaeva
Asel's Mother
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