Assel Sadvakassova

Acting

Assel Sadvakassova

Born January 31, 1985 · Karaganda, USSR (Kazakhstan) (age 41)

**Assel Sadvakassova** is a Kazakh singer, actress, and producer. She was born on January 31, 1985, in Karaganda. In 2006, she launched a solo music project under the name *Ayari*, resulting in a solo album and several music videos that quickly gained popularity. Assel Sadvakassova has starred in several well-known films, including: - *Unbroken* (2015) - *Kelin Also a Human* (2017–2018) - *Ma…

Known For

More Than a MovieMore Than a Movie · 2017
More Than a Movie
2017
MovieComedy
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.
Getting Married Is EasyGetting Married Is Easy · 2026
Getting Married Is Easy
2026
MovieRomance
Aspiring screenwriter Aidar, in search of an idea for a film about relationships, meets a psychologist. Together, they try to understand what really happens to love after marriage — and why feelings that once seemed “forever” столкнулись с реальностью. In their field of view are several stories: A successful manager, Zhanar, and her husband Zhandos, who has taken on the role of the keeper of the home. Karlygash, coping with her husband’s infidelity and facing a difficult choice. A young couple dreaming of having a child, but confronted with an unsolvable problem. Who will preserve their feelings, and who will decide to start over?
Atbai’s FightAtbai’s Fight · 2019
Atbai’s Fight
2019
MovieDrama
The film tells the story of a street thug Atbai, who decides to take part in MMA tournament, where the winners are already decided. But Atbai is going to win, because for him this victory is a chance to start a new life: to return to big sports and to get his beloved woman back.
Herd ImmunityHerd Immunity · 2021
Herd Immunity
4.82021
MovieDramaComedy
Selkeu Uashev is a local police officer at Karatas village. He’s not a man of high morals and can hardly be called a role model as a policeman. He turns a deaf ear to lots of criminal offences and takes bribes. For that he’s loved a lot by local criminals and frauds. But one day the commission arrives from the city to declare the big audit all over the village due to pandemic…
Married at 30Married at 30 · 2016
Married at 30
2016
MovieDrama
Immersed in thoughts that no one needs her and no one will notice her absence, Anel decides to take a desperate step - voluntarily die. It is at this moment that life presents her with the desired gift - the man of her dreams, Dastan
BurstBurst · 2010
Burst
5.02010
MovieDrama
A drama about messed up athlete who tries to regain his career.
My Big Kazakh FamilyMy Big Kazakh Family · 2021
My Big Kazakh Family
6.02021
MovieComedyRomance
Manarbek has four children: a son and three daughters. His first child is married to an Armenian woman. The eldest daughter married a Korean, the middle daughter married a Russian. But the father wants to marry his youngest daughter to a Kazakh, but that was not the case. Her choice falls on an African.
Yellow CatYellow Cat · 2020
Yellow Cat
6.02020
MovieDramaComedy
Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains. Will Kermek's love of Alain Delon be strong enough to keep them out of the violent clutches of the mafia?

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The Gift to StalinThe Gift to Stalin · 2008
The Gift to Stalin
5.52008
MovieDrama
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees Vera, a traitor's wife, and Ezhik a Polish doctor. The Soviet militia harasses the poor peasants and Vera suffered the harassment of a bully cop: Bulgabi. Finally Vera accepts the marriage proposal of Ezhik but the jealous Bulgabi tries to prevent the marriage. The result is a fight in which Ezhik shoots himself accidentally. The old Kasym decides that Sabyr is now old enough to go to seek his real parents. At the end Sabyr, now an adult, decides to return to the village, but the village no longer exists because it was destroyed by a Soviet nuclear test.

Young Kazakh Woman