Overview
A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (2018)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2019)
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Setting
Set in Moscow
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jolanta Dylewska
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Gennadiy OstrovskiyScreenplay
- Sergei DvortsevoyScreenplay
- Original title
- Айка
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 14, 2018
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- China, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia
Production
Cast
Samal YeslyamovaAyka- Dzhipargul AbdilovaChinara
David AlaverdyanHamlet
Cholponay BorubaevaFatima- Nurzhan KunnazarovaRoza
Sergey Mazurveterinarian- Azamat Satimbaevcreditor
Askhat KuchencherekovHussein
Larisa Firsovawoman with dachshund
Polina Severnayaadministrator in vet clinic
Andrey KolyadovViktor Anischenko, head of the teaching staff
Alexandr ZlatopolskyRobert, business coach
Vyacheslav Agashkin
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