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17 March 2005 (Hungary) moreGenre:
DramaTagline:
V boyakh bez pravil net pravila "do pervoy krovi"! (In fights without rules, there is no rule that says: "Until first blood"!)Plot:
Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
A phenomenal piece of work. moreCast
(Credited cast) | Oldzhas Nusupbayev | ... | Shiza |
| Olga Landina | ... | Zinka |
| Eduard Tabishev | ... | Sakura |
| Viktor Sukhorukov | ... | Doctor |
| Gulnara Yeraliyeva | ... | Kulyash |
| Hurtaj Kanagat | ... | Sandzhik |
| Khorabek Musabayev | ... | Almaz |
| Bakhytbek Bajmukhanbetov | ... | Dzhaken |
| Mukhit Izimov | ... | Nurlan |
| Gajratdzhan Tokhgibakiyev | ... | Uzbek |
| Emine Ismailova | ... | Ballet dancer |
| Dzhasulan Makhanov | ... | Almaz's bodyguard |
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Also Known As:
Fifty-Fifty (International: English title) (UK) (informal English title)Schizo (Canada: English title) (festival title) (France)
Шиzа (Russia)
The Recruiter (USA) (DVD title)
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86 min | Argentina:86 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)Language:
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Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva)Fun Stuff
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Official selection from Kazakhstan for OSCAR 2005 moreFAQ
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Perhaps one of the most overlooked and underrated Films at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, Schizo is an excellent film from start to finish. Set in the rarely filmed former Soviet Satellite country of Kazakhstan, the film focuses on a 15-year-old street hustler named Schizo who works for his mother's rather unscrupulous boyfriend as a recruiter of young boxers for illegal match fights for gamblers. When one of Schizo's boxing recruits dies in the ring, the ailing man asks Schizo to deliver his share of the prize money to his 28-year-old girlfriend and young son. Schizo agrees to carry out the man's last request but after finding the woman and child living in a tiny shack in the middle of nowhere, he decides to adopt the family as his own and quickly falls in love with the woman.
Director Guka Omarova's decision to cast Olzhas Nusuppaev, a real-life orphan in the lead roll of Schizo truly adds a sense of realism to this great film. I strongly recommend seeing this film; it is a phenomenal piece of work.