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The Little One (2018)

The Little One poster
Original title
Айка
Directed by
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Genre
drama film
Country
Kazakhstan, Germany, Russia, People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
12
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 67 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Kyrgyz woman named Ayka works as an illegal immigrant in Moscow. She struggles to survive after giving birth and leaving the hospital.

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What happens

Ayka (Russian: Айка) is a 2018 drama film directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Samal Yeslyamova won the award for Best Actress. It was selected as the Kazakhstani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. The film was produced under the working title My Little One. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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