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The Cage is Looking for a Bird
2023

Directed by
Malika Musaeva

Director of photography
Dmitriy Nagovskiy

Artistic Director
Alexander Sokurov

Produced by
Ilya Stewart
Nikolay Yankin
Murad Osmann
Pavel Burya

Cast
Khadizha Bataeva
Madina Akkieva
Fatima Elzhurkaeva
Rita Merzhoeva
Magomed Alhastov

Written by
Malika Musaeva

Production
Hype Studios
Sokurov.fund

World Sales
Totem Films

In a small Chechen village, Yaha spends her days with Madina. Both girls dream of leaving their homes escaping to the real world, to live a life they can choose for themselves. Yaha's older sister Heda also dreams of freedom, but the price for is very high - if she decides to try for a divorce, her only son will in all likelihood be taken away from her, such are the traditions in her culture. The film tells the stories of several Chechen women, each of them defending their right for freedom and the right to live their own life. Will they succeed and at what cost?

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