Assel Sadvakassova
Also Known As: Асель Садвакасова, Assel Sadvakassova
Biography: **Assel Sadvakassova** is a Kazakh singer, actress, and producer. She was born on January 31, 1985, in Karaganda. In 2006, she launched a solo music project under the name *Ayari*, resulting in a solo album and several music videos that quickly gained popularity. Assel Sadvakassova has starred in several well-known films, including: - *Unbroken* (2015) - *Kelin Also a Human* (2017–2018) - *Married at 30* (2015) - *Atbay’s Fight* (2019) In 2021, she produced the comedy *My Big Kazakh Family*, in which she also played one of the lead roles.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Karaganda, USSR (Kazakhstan)
Adult: No
Birthday: January 31, 1985
Age: 40 years old
Gender: Female
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The Gift to Stalin
Overview: A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees Vera, a traitor's wife, and Ezhik a Polish doctor. The Soviet militia harasses the poor peasants and Vera suffered the harassment of a bully cop: Bulgabi. Finally Vera accepts the marriage proposal of Ezhik but the jealous Bulgabi tries to prevent the marriage. The result is a fight in which Ezhik shoots himself accidentally. The old Kasym decides that Sabyr is now old enough to go to seek his real parents. At the end Sabyr, now an adult, decides to return to the village, but the village no longer exists because it was destroyed by a Soviet nuclear test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2008-10-06
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Daughter-in-Law Is Also A Human 2
Overview: In the festive turmoil between children's matinees, corporate parties and feasts, the deeply pregnant Aizhan and the recently hired Maksat will pass a test of their feelings and especially feel each other, as they swap bodies on a random occasion.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2018-01-10
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Classmates
Overview: Fifteen years have passed since graduation, and the main characters, former classmates, all gather together again. At the reunion, the seniors reminisce about funny incidents from their wild youth. The viewers join them on a fascinating journey back in time, situations with which almost everyone is familiar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2018-03-15
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A Movie By The Rules
Overview: The unsuccessful screenwriter and director Kanat Kozhanov, who is just starting to build his career, encounters a gang. The criminals are hiding from a lieutenant colonel from the department that fights against organized crime, so they have to make a movie of the main character and play the leading roles in it. The main goal of the bandits is to escape from prosecution, find the diamond and remove witnesses.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2019-03-21
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The Family Man
Overview: Mukhtar, experiencing a mid-life crisis, has a job, a house, a family, and credit. He is convinced that it's all the fault of his early marriage. Soon the man wakes up in a luxurious surroundings as a wealthy businessman, but the price for such a transformation is his relatives. Now his best friend is the head of the Mukhtar's former family...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2019-04-11
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My Big Kazakh Family
Overview: Manarbek has four children: a son and three daughters. His first child is married to an Armenian woman. The eldest daughter married a Korean, the middle daughter married a Russian. But the father wants to marry his youngest daughter to a Kazakh, but that was not the case. Her choice falls on an African.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2021-12-23
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Herd Immunity
Overview: Selkeu Uashev is a local police officer at Karatas village. He’s not a man of high morals and can hardly be called a role model as a policeman. He turns a deaf ear to lots of criminal offences and takes bribes. For that he’s loved a lot by local criminals and frauds. But one day the commission arrives from the city to declare the big audit all over the village due to pandemic…
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2021-11-18
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Ademoka’s Education
Overview: Ademoka is a headstrong and gifted 15-year-old girl whose big dream is to study. Her status as Lyuli an illegal immigrant from Tajikistan is a serious obstacle to this. She is exploited by her extended family and forced to beg on the streets, she manages to free herself from the family, when they get deported she has to choose between family and education. She gets helped on the way by some oddball characters, who come to her aid against the corrupt system and the patriarchal family.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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Wife is Not A Wall
Overview: A woman finds out that her husband is having an affair. Her best friend persuades her to find the mistress and eliminate her from his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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Dubai At Any Cost
Overview: Anel dreams of going to Dubai. But in order for her dream to come true, and she headed the company's office in the UAE, there is one condition: the status of a married woman. Only in this case, she will receive a career promotion and a coveted position. The assistant Arman helps to solve the situation, who becomes a newly-made groom for everyone. Will everyone succeed in realizing what they want, or will fate decide otherwise?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2023-06-01
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Married at 30
Overview: Immersed in thoughts that no one needs her and no one will notice her absence, Anel decides to take a desperate step - voluntarily die. It is at this moment that life presents her with the desired gift - the man of her dreams, Dastan
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2016-04-07
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Adele
Overview: A story about a romantic relationship between musician and lady with restive spirit.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2015-12-10
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Burst
Overview: A drama about messed up athlete who tries to regain his career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-01-28
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Daughter-in-Law Is Also A Human
Overview: The story of a daughter-in-law whose relationship with her mother-in-law reaches its boiling point. The main character, who for many years endured not only the sharp remarks of her husband's mother, but also the frequent belittling of her status, decides to file for divorce. But one fine morning, something changes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2017-02-23
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Five Reasons Not to Fall in Love with a Kazakh
Overview: After studying abroad, the willful and independent Dinara plans to marry the Frenchman Jules. Parents don't like her choice, so the heroine gives money to the cab driver Darkhan, who has to pretend to be her boyfriend with a horrible temper. In this way, mom and dad might change their opinion about the french guy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2017-12-28
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More Than a Movie
Overview: The young director struggles unsuccessfully to find funding for his debut film. Desperate, he goes to work as a director for a small children's TV project. Once on the set, he realizes that it is possible to make an inexpensive film here. All that is needed is to persuade the group and the actors to help him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2017-11-23
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Atbai’s Fight
Overview: The film tells the story of a street thug Atbai, who decides to take part in MMA tournament, where the winners are already decided. But Atbai is going to win, because for him this victory is a chance to start a new life: to return to big sports and to get his beloved woman back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2019-10-17
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Ulbolsyn
Overview: Life in Karatas Village runs along an untroubled path, until its patriarchal way of life is challenged by Ulbolsyn, a woman whose coldblooded heart and blazing temperament are not afraid of setting everything on fire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2020-11-20
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Reaching Out to Men
Overview: Four school friends meet every month to take a break from their men and complain about them to each other. But one day they get tired of just gossiping about their husbands and arrogant colleagues, and the girls decide to go on a bender. They end up in Turkey, where a lot of incredible and funny adventures await them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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