Yerzhan

By day, he's a porter at the market, hawking his services with a loud cry of 'Zhól!' By night, he's a participant in brutal underground fights. Nicknamed 'Little Flame', he's strong, resilient, and lucky, and while he can fight well, his ambitions extend beyond the underground. He dreams of a professional boxing career, watching professional bouts with admiration and longing to one day be in the ring himself. Gathering his courage, he approaches a boxing club where a seasoned coach notices him and agrees to train him. But does Little Flame have the strength to overcome not only his opponents but also his own fears and societal barriers?

Drama

Sport

Kazakhstan

The Boxer’s Path

Жол

Ruthless gangster Talgat Kylyi steals a large sum of money from a powerful businessman and, escaping pursuit, pretends to be Major Pshembay of the police. Unexpectedly, he finds himself as the head of a police station in the provincial town of Bes-Qonyr. The locals believe he’s a real officer — some respect him, some fall in love with him, and others remain suspicious. The newly minted «major» isn’t in a hurry to leave: he begins to enjoy living by the law — though on his own terms. While solving petty crimes with big-time criminal methods, Kylyi faces his biggest challenge yet — the return of the real Pshembay and his own troubled past, which refuses to let him go.

Comedy

Major Fake

Майор мырза

After years in a Bangkok prison, an old man named Ka returns to Kazakhstan. By fate, he meets an endearing guy named Igor on the train who turns out to be a drug courier. Upon discovering this, Ka destroys the drugs, plunging both him and Igor into the criminal underworld. Gangsters trace the missing drugs back to them, leaving Ka and Igor not only to survive but to unravel this web of intrigue, balancing life and death. The role of the wise and resilient Ka is played by Asanali Ashimov.

Action

Russia

Who Are You, Mr. Ka?

Сіз кімсіз, Ка мырза?

The story of repatriates forced to leave their homeland in the 1930s unfolds in Kunduz, a remote province in northeastern Afghanistan. Old man Bazarbay has two children, a son and a daughter, both with families of their own. His son married a local Pashtun woman, and his daughter wed an Afghan. After several attempts, the family finally receives a long-awaited quota to return and embarks on their journey. The heroes face many hardships and dangers before they step foot again on the soil they call their own.

Returnee

Оралман

Kanat, a mundane bank clerk, leads a life stripped of color. Divorced, strained relationships with his teen daughter and ex-wife, and an aging mother with developing dementia. His existence is a sequence of dull days and futile attempts to change through personal growth training. One day, he encounters an old acquaintance, Daniyar, a man of influence and wealth. Daniyar introduces him to a world of big money and unpunished crimes. Kanat faces a choice: to continue languishing in poverty and hopelessness or to plunge into an alluring but dangerous world where career success demands the sacrifice of humanity.

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