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Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. He meets American songwriter George Gershwin forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship. While Amre’s talent for singing opens up an exciting new world outside Kazakhstan, he is forced to choose between following his singing career and remaining loyal to his home country.Read moreLess
Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. He meets American songwriter George Gershwin forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship. While Amre’s talent for singing opens up an exciting new world outside Kazakhstan, he is forced to choose between following his singing career and remaining loyal to his home country.
The story
Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. He meets American songwriter George Gershwin forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship. While Amre’s talent for singing opens up an exciting new world outside Kazakhstan, he is forced to choose between following his singing career and remaining loyal to his home country.
Cast & crew
Sanzhar MadiAmre Kashaubayev
Abbie CornishLee Abbott
Ben AldridgeGeorge Gershwin
Christian HillborgFelix Tashinsky
Tom J. BenedictIrving Berlin (as Toms Liepājnieks)
Philip BrodieLeonid Sobinov
Yerkebulan DaiyrovExplore the crew
- Editor
- Brian Denny
- Director of Photography
- Maxim Osadchy-Korytkovsky
- Editor
- Matt Chessé
- Screenplay
- Benjamin A. Van Der Veen
- Director
- Jeff Vespa