Racketeer

Set in the early 1990s in Almaty, the film follows Sayan, a promising young boxer who decides to punch his way into a better life by joining a local criminal gang. As he climbs the ranks of the underworld, he quickly learns that the path of a racketeer comes with a heavy price, and some choices can never be undone. A gritty, first-person account of ambition, loyalty, and the inevitable reckoning in a lawless era.

• Timur ZhaksylykovWriter
• Andrei LifinskiyOriginal Music Composer
• Akan SatayevDirector

• Sayat IsembayevSayan
• Murat BisenbinRuslan
• Asel SagatovaAsel
• Zhan BaizhanbayevZhan
• Saken AminovAman
• Mentay UtepbergenovMake (Zhan's Partner)
• Vladimir VdovichenkovVolodya
• Bolat KalymbetovAbu
• Tulepbergen BaisakalovThimblerig Player
• Natalya DolmatovaMidwife
• Murat NurasilovBeer Stall Owner
• Alma RulasAlma (Zhan's Wife)