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SICKO
AURU
DIRECTED BY AITORE ZHOLDASKALI
THRILLER | 2025 | 101' | KAZAKHSTAN

SYNOPSIS
Overwhelmed by debt, young couple Azamat and Tanshoplan hatch a desperate plan: fake a
terminal illness to raise money through a viral charity campaign. But as the donations pour in and
public sympathy grows, their lie spirals out of control.
SCRIPT: Aldiyar Zhaparkhan, Kazbek Orazbek
MAIN CAST: Ayan Utepbergen, Dilnaz Kurmangali, Azat Zhumadil, Aida Kurmangaliyeva
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bagdat Argynov
EDITORS: Shalkar Taneke
PRODUCER: Anna Katchko, Kuanysh Beisekov
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Tartaria Films, Tandem Production
LANGUAGE: Kazakh
FESTIVALS
WORLD PREMIERE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM

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