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 |
















