The Light Thief – review

The Light Thief: 'a touching, pawkily amusing example of satirical tragedy'.

In the godforsaken, physically awesome Kyrgyzstan, left struggling after the break-up of the Soviet Union, an electrician tries to help his impoverished rural neighbours by providing them with illicit free electricity. He falls foul of the bureaucrats for his Robin Hood altruism but is then taken up by exploitative entrepreneurs, who want to use his skills to produce wind-generated power. However, he rebels against their venality, immorality and general corruption and pays a terrible price for his decency and probity.

The Light Thief (Svet-Ake)Production year: 2010Country: Rest of the worldRuntime: 80 minsDirectors: Aktan Arym KubatCast: Aktan Arym Kubat, Asan Amanov, Askat Sulaimanov, Stanbek Toichubaev, Taalaikan AbazovaMore on this film

Written and directed by its star, this is a touching, pawkily amusing example of that fairly rare genre, the satirical tragedy.

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