The Witness
Student Chingiz buys a surveillance camera and installs it in the entrance of his apartment building.The quiet, orderly life he observes is suddenly disrupted by footage of a real crime.Step in and risk his own life, or remain a silent observer behind the door — Chingiz is faced with a difficult choice.
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Student Chingiz buys a surveillance camera and installs it in the entrance of his apartment building. The quiet, orderly life he observes is suddenly disrupted by footage of a real crime. Step in and risk his own life, or remain a silent observer behind the door — Chingiz is faced with a difficult choice. Help arrives from an unexpected source: a stranger, a young woman who works at a call center.
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- Release date
- Apr 30, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
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- Language
- Kazakh, Russian
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