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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 25, 1995

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Drama, Family

User Score

71%

Original Title

Кардиограмма

Production Companies

Kazakhfilm Studios

Director

Darezhan Omirbayev

Description

A 12-year-old boy from the isolated steppes in Kazakhstan has first encounter with the outside world when he is sent to a children's clinic with a treatable heart condition. It is here that he gets his first taste of the pain and pleasure of love when he falls for a kindly young nurse. His crush becomes a bit of an obsession, he spies on her frequently and experiences his first moments of sexual awakening. Also at the institution everyone speaks Russian and soon Jasulan will face exclusion in his own country.