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Section: Festival Laurels from around the World
Ademoka´s Education (2022)
This is the story of a teenage illegal migrant girl Ademoka who lives in Kazakhstan and is forced to be a beggar to survive. But at the same time, she’s bright and talented and dreams of studying all the time. Her illegal status and absence of citizenship is a serious obstacle for that. At some point, Ademoka gets a chance to receive an education and help comes from the unexpected side. The one least believable to be supportive, an alcoholic loser, Ahab, stretches out a helping hand…
| Country | France, Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Duration | 90 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | Kazakh, Russian |
| Subtitle | Czech, English |
| Directed by | Adilkhan Yerzhanov |
| Screenplay | Adilkhan Yerzhanov |
| Director of Photography | Azamat Dulatov |
| Music | Sandro Di Stefano |
| Contact | Arizona Films |
Biography
Director and screenwriter from Kazakhstan. He graduated from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts. His rich filmography presented at many international festivals includes, e.g. The Gentle Indifference of the World (Laskovoe bezrazlichie mira, 2018), A Dark, Dark Man (2019) and Goliath (2022).
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