Chouga is a beautiful, rich and beloved young woman. She is thirty and lives in Astana, the Kazak new capital. She is married to a famous scientist in his sixties and has a seven-year-old son. Her brother and sister-in-law live in Almaty. The couple is tearing apart and Chouga’s brother requests her to come and try to bring them back together. There she meets Ablaï, a rich and idle young man whom she strongly feels attracted to. Once back to Astana, Chouga tries to withstand this sensual attraction about which she has a premonition of a tragic outcome.
Unfortunately the movie Chouga is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Darezhan Omirbayev | Director |
| Writing | Leo Tolstoy | Novel |
| Writing | Limara Zjeksembayeva | Writer |
| Production | Joël Farges | Producer |
| Camera | Boris Troshev | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mikhail Aranyshev | Editor |
