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The Light Thief review

The titular criminal is actually a kindly electrician (appealingly played by writer/director Aktan Arym Kubat), who dreams of providing a poor rural community in Kyrgyzstan with energy from a wind turbine scheme. Meanwhile, a corrupt city politician (Askat Sulaimanov) schemes to sell the villagers’ land to investors. Kubat’s tragi-comedy engages …

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