Ademoka’s Education (2022)
Ademoka is a headstrong and gifted 15-year-old girl whose big dream is to study. Her status as Lyuli an illegal immigrant from Tajikistan is a serious obstacle to this. She is exploited by her extended family and forced to beg on the streets, she manages to free herself from the family, when they get deported she has to choose between family and education. She gets helped on the way by some oddball characters, who come to her aid against the corrupt system and the patriarchal family.
Director:
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Writer:
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
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Adema Yerzhanova as Ademoka |
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Daniyar Alshinov as Ahab |
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Bolat Kalymbetov as School principal |
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Assel Sadvakassova as School policewoman |
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Sanzhar Madi as English teacher |
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Karim Kadyrbayev as |
| Production | Guillaume de Seille | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Director |
| Writing | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Screenplay |
| Production | Almat Massalim | Producer |
| Production | Serik Abishev | Producer |
| Production | Olga Khlasheva | Producer |
| Camera | Azamat Dulatov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Editor |
| Art | Yermek Utegenov | Production Design |
| Sound | Ilya Gariyev | Sound Director |
| Editing | François Quiqueré | Editor |
| Sound | Sandro Di Stefano | Original Music Composer |