Svet-ake (Original title)The Light Thief (Alternative title)
Date: 2010 (Release)Countries: Germany, France, Netherlands, KyrgyzstanDirector: Aktan Arym Kubat
Production company billing: Pallas Film, A.S.A.P. Films, Volya Films, Oy Art in co-production with ZDF/Arte With the support of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Fonds Sud Cinéma, World Cinema Fund, Hubert Bals Fund, The Netherlands Film Fund In Colour [1.85:1] Subtitles
Synopsis: In a remote region in the south of the Kyrgyz Republic, a popular, open-hearted electrician known as Mister Light is kind to the old folks, rescues young boys from trees, listens to the woes of lonely drunkards and tampers with meters so that the impoverished rural community who can't afford electricity have access to it. This sort of activity does not make him popular with the authorities, particularly when opportunistic politician Bezkat eyes a chance to sell the land from underneath the villagers to the Chinese. Bezkat moves to silence any dissenting voices, engineering a situation where his hoodlum of a relative Mansur is installed as mayor, despite opposition from the village elders. Mister Light makes it his mission to illuminate the corruption he witnesses.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Electricity, Land ownership
Releases
Date: 29 July 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 79 mins 42 secs - Length: 7173 FeetDialogue (original): Kirghiz / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: 29 July 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Video - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 79 mins 42 secs - Length: 7173 FeetDialogue (original): Kirghiz / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: 2010 (Release)Countries: Germany, France, Netherlands, KyrgyzstanDirector: Aktan Arym Kubat
Production company billing: Pallas Film, A.S.A.P. Films, Volya Films, Oy Art in co-production with ZDF/Arte With the support of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Fonds Sud Cinéma, World Cinema Fund, Hubert Bals Fund, The Netherlands Film Fund In Colour [1.85:1] Subtitles
Synopsis: In a remote region in the south of the Kyrgyz Republic, a popular, open-hearted electrician known as Mister Light is kind to the old folks, rescues young boys from trees, listens to the woes of lonely drunkards and tampers with meters so that the impoverished rural community who can't afford electricity have access to it. This sort of activity does not make him popular with the authorities, particularly when opportunistic politician Bezkat eyes a chance to sell the land from underneath the villagers to the Chinese. Bezkat moves to silence any dissenting voices, engineering a situation where his hoodlum of a relative Mansur is installed as mayor, despite opposition from the village elders. Mister Light makes it his mission to illuminate the corruption he witnesses.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Electricity, Land ownership
Releases
Date: 29 July 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 79 mins 42 secs - Length: 7173 FeetDialogue (original): Kirghiz / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: 29 July 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Video - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 79 mins 42 secs - Length: 7173 FeetDialogue (original): Kirghiz / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures
Credits
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Production Company: Pallas Film, Production Company: A.S.A.P. Films, Production Company: Volya Films, Oy Art, In co-production with: ZDF, ARTE, With the support of: MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, With the support of: Fonds Sud Cinéma, With the support of: World Cinema Fund, With the support of: Hubert Bals Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Producer: Altynai Koichumanova, Producer: Cedomir Kolar, Producer: Thanassis Karathanos, Producer: Marc Baschet, Producer: Karl Baumgartner, Denis Vaslin, Line Producer: Gulmira Kerimova, Screenplay: Aktan Arym Kubat, Talip Ibraimov, Director of Photography: Hasan Kydyraliyev, Editor: Petar Markovic, Production Designer: Talgat Asyrankulov, Costume Design: Inara Abdieva, Make-up: Tolkyn Asylbekova, Music: André Matthias, Sound Designer: Thomas Neumann, Sound Recordist: Bakyt Niyazaliev, Re-recording Mixer: Holger Lehman
Cast
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Aktan Arym Kubat (Svet-ake), Taalaikan Abazova (Bermet), Askat Sulaimanov (Bekzat), Asan Amanov (Esen), Stanbek Toichubaev (Mansur)