2020 | Switzerland | Fiction,Short

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run

  • Kyrgyz 38 mins
  • Director | Maria Brendle
  • Writer | Maria Brendle
  • Producer | Flavio Gerber, Nadine Lüchinger

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

Sezim (19) wants to fulfill her dream of studying in the Kyrgyz capital when she gets kidnapped by a group of young men and taken to the hinterland. There, she’s forced to marry a stranger. If she refuses the marriage, she is threatened with social stigmatization and exclusion. Torn between her desire for freedom and the constraints of Kyrgyz culture, Sezim desperately seeks a way out.

Dreams Kyrgyz Kidnapping Marriage Stigma Exclusion Freedom