The Cage is Looking for a Bird

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?

• Malika MusaevaDirector
• Murat KabardokovOriginal Music Composer
• Malika MusaevaScreenplay

• Khadizha BataevaYakha
• Madina AkkievaMadina
• Fatima ElzhurkaevaHeda
• Rita MerzhoevaMaret
• Magomed AlhastovIbragim
• Muhammad BataevLyoma
• Khamila IsaevaZama
• Bekhan DzakalovMohmad
• Aishat AkkievaMadina's mother
• Dzhambulat AlbakovKhasan