Top Cast
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Mukhabbat Rakhimova
mother
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Kyialbek
Nurik
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Zhenishbek
Mansur
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Shairi
Shairi
Overview
A few days from the life of a Kyrgyz family in Moscow. Nurik works on a construction site as handyman. His elder brother Mansur is without work. The mother, Mukhabbat, tries to help her sons solve their problems.
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