Overview
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
- Sanzhar Madi as Amre Kashaubayev
- Abbie Cornish as Lee Abbott
- Ben Aldridge as George Gershwin
- Christian Hillborg as Felix Tashinsky
- Tom J. Benedict as Irving Berlin (as Toms Liepājnieks)
- Philip Brodie as Leonid Sobinov
- Yerkebulan Daiyrov