
Rejected
2018, Kazakh. Directed by Zhanna Issabayeva.
This is the story of a young woman, Aiganym, who was born into the Orthodox Kazakh family from the South of Kazakhstan. When she was a student at the college in the capital city of Kazakhstan, she gave birth to a boy. Right after giving birth, her family cursed her and rejected her and her newborn son because she was a single mother. After seven years, Timur, her son, was not able to accomplish his homework assignment “to draw a family tree”. Aiganym decides to return to her parents’ house, so that her son has a big family. Regardless of the fact that each time, she wants to return, her eldest brother beats her up, she keeps on returning home again and again…
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Kazakh
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- Released
- 22 November 2018
- Original title
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- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Written by
- Victor Nemchenko, Zhanna Issabayeva
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Rejected runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Rejected isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 November 2018. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Rejected?
If you liked Rejected, try A Question of Faith, The Visit, What Maisie Knew.
Who directed Rejected?
Rejected (2018) was directed by Zhanna Issabayeva and stars Zhanargul Zhanyamanova, Indira Kulmagambetova, Esim Turarbek.