A Call to Father

Directed by Serik Aprimov

With Yerbolat Ospankulov, Aizada Satybaldieva, Zhiger Myrzabek and Temirlan Kisikbayev

This is the story of a six-year-old boy who lived in a formerly prosperous mining village, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the mine was closed and his father and mother were left without work. His father earns by selling bricks of abandoned houses. The boy lives in his fictional world. He dreams about school, but he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This diagnosis is made by a local doctor at the beginning of the film. This is the beginning of his drama.