The plot of the film revolves around the story of a Ukrainian girl Sophiya, who enters into a love relationship with a rich Turkish man Hussein, being unaware of his married status. When Hussein’s wife finds out about her husband’s infidelity, Sophiya’s fate changes, and an immigrant from Kazakhstan – Azamat appears in her path. Two different people from the different generations meet at the foreign land and this land unites them, and they understand that they are meant for each other.

The moving picture “Sophiya” is an attempt to look into depths of the soul, to express the emotions and show the relationships that unite all of us, regardless of time, age, social status and place.

The main roles were played by Turkish actress Yana Rai and the director-producer Tulepbergen Baisakalov himself. It is planned that the film will be widely released in Kazakhstan in autumn.

The main shootings took place at the Black Sea coast in Istanbul, and a small part of the film was shot in the Kazakh village.

“It gave a special atmosphere for our film. Working in another country was complicated by the need to coordinate the actions of two teams, which are Turkish and Kazakh. This is the language barrier and different approach to work. The shootings took a month, and the post-production process took 3 months”, — said the co-director, Daria Dunich. 

A film aroused the interest of the audience and filmmaker. The producer of the moving picture has already received the offers from the productions to work together in other countries.

Addition:

Baisakalov Tulepbergen is a talented actor, film director, delighting the audience with numerous roles in films and TV series. He made his debut as a film director, shot a short motion picture, called “The Button”.

He was born on March 29, 1974 in the Mikhailovka village, Mendykara district, Kostanay region. Also, he graduated from the Temirbek Zhurgenov Academy of Arts (master - R. A. Mashurova, 2000) and Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (master - V. Khotinenko, 2010).

He made his film debut in the “Layla’s Prayer” movie (directed by S. Narymbetov). Besides that, he played one of the main roles in the “Tulip” film, which received the Grand Prix in the “Special Look” nomination at the Cannes Film Festival (2008). Other than this, he got the prize in the “Best Actor” nomination at the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles for his role in the “From” movie (“Fire”).