Top Cast
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Aziz Buhais
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Aelita Abdyraeva
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Meerim Atantaeva
Overview
Khaled, a Saudi young man, travels to Kyrgyzstan to study medicine. After contracting an illness, he begins seeing a child that no one else can see. Accused of kidnapping children by the state, Khaled must race against time to prove his innocence.
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