Rejected - 2018

Rejected 2018 Directed by Zhanna Issabayeva Отвергнутые

This is the story of a young woman, Aiganym, who was born into the Orthodox Kazakh family from the South of Kazakhstan. When she was a student at the college in the capital city of Kazakhstan, she gave birth to a boy. Right after giving birth, her family cursed her and rejected her and her newborn son because she was a single mother. After seven years, Timur, her son, was not able to accomplish his homework assignment “to draw a family tree”. Aiganym decides to return to her parents’ house, so that her son has a big family. Regardless of the fact that each time, she wants to return, her eldest brother beats her up, she keeps on returning home again and again…

Country Kazakhstan

Production Country Kazakhstan

Language Kazakh

Spoken Language Kazakh

Gnere Drama

Release Date 22 November 2018

95 mins