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Thirst
Thirst

THIRST

Taschnalik

Directed by Tahir Junus
Uzbekistan, 1999
Short

Synopsis

An Uzbek boy on his journey to the Aral Sea. Cleverly mixing fiction and archival footage, the director incorporates all the great leaders of the Soviet Union, from Lenin to Gorbachev, into his film. He comes up with a radical statement against the desastrous politics that destroyed the Aral Sea.

Synopsis

An Uzbek boy on his journey to the Aral Sea. Cleverly mixing fiction and archival footage, the director incorporates all the great leaders of the Soviet Union, from Lenin to Gorbachev, into his film. He comes up with a radical statement against the desastrous politics that destroyed the Aral Sea.