Ayka

Ayka

2018 · 100 min · RU · 6.8 (69 votes)
Dir. Sergei Dvortsevoy · Starring Samal Yeslyamova, Dzhipargul Abdilova, David Alaverdyan, Cholponay Borubaeva, Nurzhan Kunnazarova, Sergey Mazur
Drama

A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital.

VIBE

A raw, unflinching look at survival in the urban underbelly. It's a harrowing, urgent portrayal of a woman pushed to her limits, capturing the bleak reality of her struggle with a relentless, vérité style.

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