Rich kid gets yeeted to fake 1800s Kazakhstan. No phones, no trust fund, no escape.
The young rich kid, Chyna, got carried away with his glamorous lifestyle and decided that he could do anything he wanted. Desperate to set his son straight, his oligarch father takes extreme measures. Together with an eccentric psychologist, he devises a unique project: somewhere in the steppe, they recreate the atmosphere of a 19th-century Kazakh village. Chyna ends up in this village, believing he has traveled back in time.
Acting
Zhenis Omarov's spiral from smug to shattered
Production
Meticulous 19th-century village built in actual Kazakh steppe
Writing
Satirical jabs at oligarch psychology experiments
Director
Yernar Nurgaliyev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Yernar Nurgaliyev previously made 'Hitch' (2014), another comedy about elaborate deception schemes.
The film satirizes real post-Soviet 'tough love' rehabilitation programs where wealthy parents send unruly heirs to militarized camps.
KZ
