The film "The Cage is Looking for a Bird" is the first feature film by Malika Moussaieva, a student at Alexander Sokurov's filmmaking workshop in Nalchik.
The action takes place nowadays in the village of Archty on the border with Chechnya where Chechens live. The film is also shot in the Chechen language. The heroines experience a personal tragedy when they are unable to choose their own path. The main roles are performed by women from the village without any acting training.
