In a small Chechen village, Yaha spends her days with Madina, with whom she is very close. Both girls dream of leaving their homes after graduation and escaping to the real world, far from their village. Yaha’s older sister Heda also dreams of being free, but the price for this is very high - if she decides to try for a divorce, her only son will be taken away from her, such are the traditions in her culture. Will Yaha, Madina and Heda succeed to get free, and at what cost?
Unfortunately the movie The Cage is Looking for a Bird is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Malika Musaeva | Director |
| Writing | Malika Musaeva | Screenplay |
| Camera | Dmitriy Nagovskiy | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Vincent Deyveaux | Editor |
| Sound | Murat Kabardokov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ivan Gusakov | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Gavriil Biryulin | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kseniya Yakhnina | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Mariana Kazancheva | Casting |
| Directing | Andrey Mayover | Assistant Director |
| Production | Anna Angaleva | Production Manager |
| Production | Ilya Stewart | Producer |
| Production | Nikolay Yankin | Producer |
| Production | Murad Osmann | Producer |
| Production | Pavel Burian | Producer |
| Production | Elizaveta Chalenko | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ilya Dzhincharadze | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Smirnova | Costume Design |
