The Light Thief
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Cast & Crew
Aktan Arym Kubat
Taalaikan Abazova
Asan Amanov
Aktan Arym Kubat
Askat Sulaimanov
Stanbek Toichubaev
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Synopsis
Good natured electrician "Mr. Light" lives with his wife and four daughters in a remote Kyrgyz village and dreams of providing cheaper energy to the community. Out of the kindness of his heart, he tampers with the meters for pensioners unable to pay their bills and rescues small boys from big trees. But conflict appears on the horizon as a greedy urban politician Bezkat is determined to sell the villagers' land to the Chinese. Although the villagers are forewarned, they are unable to prevent him from installing his thuggish relative Mansur as Mayor and sidelining dissenting voices.
Director
Aktan Arym Kubat
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Released in United States 2010
Released in United States 2011
Released in United States May 2010
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors' Fortnight Feature Films) May 13-23, 2010.
Released in United States 2011 (World Cinema)
Released in United States May 2010 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors' Fortnight Feature Films) May 13-23, 2010.)
Released in United States 2010
Released in United States 2011 (Eastern Bloc Competition)
Released in United States 2011 (Awards Buzz : Best Foreign Language Film )
