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Ala Kachuu – Take and Run (2020)36 minDramaRating 57/100

Nineteen-year-old Sezim wants to fulfill her dream of studying in the Kyrgyz capital when she is kidnapped by a group of young men, taken to the hinterlands, and forced to marry a stranger. Torn between her desire for freedom and the constraints of Kyrgyz culture, Sezim desperately seeks a way out.

Cast: Alina Turdumamatova, Nurbek Esengazy Uulu, Madina Talipbek, Taalaikan Abazova, Kanat Abdahmanov, Aybike Erkinbekova, Jandat Djamanbaeva

Director: Maria Brendle