In Almaty, a closed prime minister of Kazakhstan-German film "Baikonur", which starred 11-year-old granddaughter of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. It is noted that the show attended Nazarbayeva. The film by German director Veit Helmer Venus Aliyev played the daughter of a shepherd, who helped her father raise goats. The granddaughter of the head of state thanked the entire crew, noting that it intends to continue his acting career. The film tells the story of a young boy Iskander (played by Alexandra Asochakova) living in a village near Baikonur and dreaming of space. A young man falls in love with a female astronaut from France, Julie (Marie de Villepin), seeing her in a news release. It happens that one day the sky in the capsule drops is the same - a blond Frenchwoman. In order to earn the attention of the beloved, Iskander, nicknamed Gagarin have to stand between the choice to stay and live with his people or to give up and become an astronaut. It should be noted, the filmmakers allowed to shoot at the cosmodrome "Baikonur". Rest frame from the movie were filmed near Kapshagai in the Almaty region. In the movie rentals will not work, it will show only in closed gatherings and festivals.
