Aruzhan Dzhazilbekova

Acting

Aruzhan Dzhazilbekova

Born 1986-02-25 · Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

A popular Kazakh actress, director, screenwriter, producer, and model. She was born on February 25, 1986, in Almaty. She studied international journalism and began her career in the fashion industry before accidentally entering the film industry in 2010. The actress has appeared in around two dozen films and TV series, many of which have earned her recognition. Among her most notable works are Road to Mother (2015) and Composer (2019), for which she won the Best Actress award at a film festival in Los Angeles.

Acting credits

More Than a Movie poster
NR

The young director struggles unsuccessfully to find funding for his debut film. Desperate, he goes to work as a director for a small children's TV project. Once on the set, he realizes that it is possible to make an inexpensive film here. All that is needed is to persuade the group and the actors to help him.

More Than a Movie

2017

Heist He Wrote poster
NR

The plot revolves around the fascinating and dangerous adventures of four friends who stole 10 million euros from the Chinese Triad. The main character of the film works in one of the Kazakh banks and is a classic representative of the "office plankton". He dreams of more and suddenly his dreams lead to the fact that he and his friends fall into the hands of corrupt police officers with suspicion of an attempted bank robbery

Heist He Wrote

2014

Wedding for Three poster
NR

Azamat agrees to kidnap his best friend's fiancé Alia, before their marriage, in accordance to a Kazakh tradition. But when Azamat's family mistakenly believes that Alia is his wife-to-be, he's forced to marry his best friend's bride.

Wedding for Three

2015

The Road to Home poster
NR

After living across the border for a while Maksat goes back to home village to accept inheritance that left grandpa. Maksat is about to face unexpected surprises because life abroad has completely changed him.

The Road to Home

2015

The Road to Mother poster
6.6

When the Soviets impose new ways of collective farming and permanent settlements on a region of nomadic dwellers, young Ilyas is separated from his mother, Mariam. Through decades of war, mother and son persevere in their efforts to be reunited.

The Road to Mother

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Free Birds

2014

Composer poster
NR

The feature film "The Composer" tells about the life and work of the Chinese composer Xian Xinghai in the Soviet Union, including during the evacuation to Alma-Ata, as well as about his friendship with the Kazakh composer Bakhytzhan Baykadamov.

Composer

2019

Racketeer 2 poster
7.3

Sayan has survived the accident but 10 years later the past comes after him.

Racketeer 2

2015