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.
Darezhan Omirbayev
Director
Darezhan Omirbayev
Writer
Boris Troshev
Director of Photography
Zhasulan Asauov
Zhasulan
Gulnara Dusmatova
Nurse Gula
Ilyas Kalymbetov
Ilyas
Saule Toktybayeva
Saule
Baurzhan Akhmetov
Asil Badayev
Almas Bekgullayev
