MARIAM

 
In Sharipa Urazbayeva’s stunning directorial debut, Meruert Sabbusinova plays the titular character in a fictionalization of her own life, in which she fights for survival in a remote village on the Kazakh Steppe after her husband disappears and is presumed dead.
 

Cast: Meruert Sabbusinova, Almas Bektibayev, Hamza Koksebek, Edige Ahmet
Producers: Sharipa Urazbayeva, Anna Katchko
Cinematography: Samat Sharipov
Screenplay: Sharipa Urazbayeva
Sound Designer: Dmitry Pushkaruk
Editing: Farhat Mametkurbanov
Art Director: Nurbolat Zhapakov