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The Light Thief

15th(2010) A Window on Asian Cinema

Crime/Violence · Social Criticism · IT/VR · Revenge  

  • CountryGermany,Kyrgyzstan,France
  • Production Year2010
  • Running Time80min
  • Format D-Cinema
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
This film is a modern version of the story of Prometheus. Yet he is not punished by God but by the greedy man. Svet-ake, meaning a man of light, is being loved by people in the village because as an electric technician, he always helps his neighbors when they suffer from electricity shortage or unstable electricity. By the way, he has two wishes. One is having a son and the other is making a wind power generator. His desire to have a son is so desperate that he gets electric shock following the absurd advice of his friend, Mansur. One day, he decides to work together with a corrupted capitalist, Bekzat, but after finding out his substance, he wants to quit the relationship. Then, Bekzat takes a brutal revenge on him. While fire of Prometheus is a metaphor of civilization, electricity of Svet-ake is a way of survival in this chaotic society, and an unconditional love. Svet-ake, being revenged by Bekzat, is a symbol of the modern society controlled by human greedy. (KIM Ji-seok)
Director
Director
Aktan ARYM-KUBAT
Aktan Arym Kubat Director and cinematographer Aktan Arym Kubat was born in Sakoulou, Kountouou, Kyrgyzstan, and studied at Kyrgyz State Academy. He later worked as an art director and director at Kyrgyzfilm before founding his own production house, Beshkempir. His films include Swing (1993), BusStop (1995), The Adopted Son (1998), The Chimp (2001), and The Light Thief (2010).
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Credit
  • Director Aktan ARYM-KUBAT 악탄 아림 쿠바트
  • Producer Altynai KOICHUMANOVA, Cedomir KOLAR, Thanassis KARATHANOS, Marc BASCHET, Karl BAUMGARTNER, Denis VASLIN
  • Cast Aktan ARYM-KUBAT, Taalaikan ABAZOVA, Askat SULAIMANOV, Asan AMANOV
  • Screenplay Aktan ARYM-KUBAT
  • Cinematography Hassan KYDYRALIYEV
  • Production Design Talgat ASYRANKULOV
  • Editor Petar MARKOVIC
  • Sound Bakyt NIYAZALIEV
  • Music Andre MATTHIAS
  • Production Company Pallas Film A.S.A.P. Films Volya Films Oy Art

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