THE RECRUITER
synopsis
The story of 15-year-old street urchin Shiza, who scratches out a living by bare-knuckle fighting in an underground gang. When a man is accidentally killed in the ring, Shiza decides to return the dead man's money to his widow and young child, only to find himself falling for the unfortunate woman.
international title: | The Recruiter |
original title: | Shiza |
country: | United States, France, Germany, Kazakhstan |
sales agent: | Intercinema Art Agency |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Gulshat Omarova |
film run: | 86' |
screenplay: | Sergei Bodrov, Gulshat Omarova |
cast: | Oldzhas Nusupbayev, Olga Landina, Eduard Tabizhev, Viktor Sukhorukov, Gulnara Jeralieva, Kanagat Nurtay |
cinematography by: | Khasan Kydyraliyev |
film editing: | Ivan Lebedev |
producer: | Sergei Azimov, Sergei Bodrov, Sergei Selyanov, Co-prod: Natacha Devillers, Alec Schulmann |
production: | Les Petites Lumières, Kinofabrika GmbH |
distributor: | Contact Film Cinematheek, Zootrope Films |