The Cage is Looking for a Bird
88 mins
In a small Chechen village, Yaha spends her days with Madina, with whom she is very close. Both girls dream of leaving their homes after graduation and escaping to the real world, far from their village. Yaha’s older sister Heda also dreams of being free, but the price for this is very high - if she decides to try for a divorce, her only son will be taken away from her, such are the traditions in her culture. Will Yaha, Madina and Heda succeed to get free, and at what cost?
Khadizha Bataeva
Yakha
Madina Akkieva
Madina
Rita Merzhoeva
Maret
Magomed Alhastov
Ibragim
Muhammad Bataev
Lyoma
Khamila Isaeva
Zama
Bekhan Dzakalov
Mohmad
Aishat Akkieva
Madina's mother
Dzhambulat Albakov
Khasan
Dmitriy Nagovskiy
Director of Photography
Ivan Gusakov
Sound Designer
Vincent Deyveaux
Editor
Kseniya Yakhnina
Makeup Artist
Andrey Mayover
Assistant Director
Anna Angaleva
Production Manager
Pavel Burian
Producer
Gavriil Biryulin
Sound
Mariana Kazancheva
Casting
Ilya Stewart
Producer
Nikolay Yankin
Producer
Elizaveta Chalenko
Co-Producer
Olga Smirnova
Costume Design