Production : CTB, Kazakhfilm, avec participation des sociétés Les petites Lumières (France), Kinofabrika (Allemagne). Avec le soutien du Ministère de la Culture de Russie et du Fonds Sud du Ministère des Affaires étrangères de France.
Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life. But, he does have the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle fist-fighting, where he is able to eke out a living by scouting for fighters. When a man is accidentally killed in the ring, though, his life is changed forever. He decides that he should return the dead man's money to his widow and child. But, after he meets the woman, Shiza understands that he has real feelings of love for her. Now, he knows for whom he must earn money, no matter what the cost...
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