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Single mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates because of his girlish appearance, and the principal deems him unfit for the school.Alina succeeds in getting Serik reinstated by taking advantage of Serik's father's high military rank.
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Single mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates because of his girlish appearance, and the principal deems him unfit for the school. Alina succeeds in getting Serik reinstated by taking advantage of Serik's father's high military rank. But she is warned by a woman whose son has committed suicide at the school that Serik will follow the same path...
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- Release date
- Nov 1, 2024
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
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- Language
- Kazakh, Russian
- Country
- Kazakhstan
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