Shocking footage of a man hanging out of a fifth-floor window in Astana, Kazakhstan in an attempt to escape a family argument.

The man barely manages to cling to the window sill as a person inside the apartment holds the window frame so that the 40-year-old man can't get back in.

Accordingly to Kazakh media, the reason for the situation was an initially minor family disagreement.

According to reports, the man's wife closed the door so her husband couldn't leave their flat. The man then asked his wife to let him go, or he would jump out through the window.

However, the woman didn't take the statement seriously and eventually, the man jumped out.

The footage shows him managing to to cling onto the window sill, but he then starts screaming, "I can't do it for long, let me in, I'm begging you." However, it took a couple of minutes for his wife to calm down and let him return to the flat.

Witnesses called both the police and an ambulance. Medics took the man to the psychiatric hospital for examination.