Almat Massalim

Ademoka’s Education

Ademoka is a headstrong and gifted 15-year-old girl whose big dream is to study. Her status as Lyuli an illegal immigrant from Tajikistan is a serious obstacle to this. She is exploited by her extended family and forced to beg on the streets, she manages to free herself from the family, when they get deported she has to choose between family and education. She gets helped on the way by some oddball characters, who come to her aid against the corrupt system and the patriarchal family.

Dombyra

Aset, having learned the melody, would prefer to play it in the field with the company of his unlucky friends. But when he finds out that Aigerim will come to the concert, he decides to throw all his strength into the performance. However, it turns out to be not so easy to do with a broken dombra and such friends.