Chouga
Chouga is a beautiful, rich and beloved young woman. She is thirty and lives in Astana, the Kazak new capital. She is married to a famous scientist in his sixties and has a seven-year-old son. Her brother and sister-in-law live in Almaty. The couple is tearing apart and Chouga’s brother requests her to come and try to bring them back together. There she meets Ablaï, a rich and idle young man whom she strongly feels attracted to. Once back to Astana, Chouga tries to withstand this sensual attraction about which she has a premonition of a tragic outcome.
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Darezhan Omirbayev Director · Limara Zjeksembayeva Writer Leo Tolstoy Author
First release September 18, 2007 · Produced in France, Kazakhstan · Production CNC, Paris-Barcelone Films
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Artcam International
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CNC
Production
Paris-Barcelone Films
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France · Kazakhstan
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Original title
Shuga
Original language
Kazakh
Spoken on screen
Kazakh
Release dates
Kazakhstan · September 18, 2007
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No release date listed for United States.
France
September 15, 2010 · Theatrical
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