Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
Original title
Ala Kachuu – Take and RunCountry
SwitzerlandYear
2020Runtime
38'Director
Maria BrendleSezim, 19 years old, 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.
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