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7.0/10   447 votes
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Director:
Gulshat Omarova
Writers:
Sergei Bodrov (writer)
Gulshat Omarova (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 March 2005 (Hungary) more
Genre:
Drama
Tagline:
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 synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A phenomenal piece of work. more

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

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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Runtime:
86 min | Argentina:86 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Language:
Russian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva)

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Trivia:
Official selection from Kazakhstan for OSCAR 2005 more

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17 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
A phenomenal piece of work., 28 February 2005
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Author: filmfan213 from United States

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.

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