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The light thief / by Aktan Arym Kubat.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present.
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present
- Language:
- Kyrgyz
- Subjects (All):
- Community life--Kyrgyzstan--Drama.
- Community life.
- Kyrgyzstan.
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (76 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Svet-ake
- O kyrios Fos
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Global Lens, 2010.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Kyrgyz with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- In this colorful modern-day parable of good and evil, a humble village electrician devotes his compassion and ingenuity to destitute neighbors in a wind-swept valley of Kyrgyzstan. Played with wry humanity by writer-director Aktan Arym Kubat, the trusting Mr. Light strikes a suspect bargain with a rich developer running for local office, as unemployment threatens the survival of the community. Stoking a dream to supply wind-generated electricity to the whole valley, the modest visionary comes up against an increasingly dark cloud of corruption in this affecting tale of solidarity and ordinary decency amid the injustices and hardships of a changing world.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (New World Cinema, viewed Apr. 9, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present). Available via World Wide Web.
- Nominated 2011 Asian Film Awards, Best Cinematographer; Nominated 2011 Hong Kong International Film Festival, SIGNIS Award; Nominated 2011 Nika Awards, Best Film of the CIS and Baltics; Won 2010 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Netpac Award
- OCLC:
- 881524822
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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