Castles in the Sand
One of the highest achievements of the new wave of Kirghiz cinema, which emerged in the mid-1960s. This story of a boy building sandcastles on the shores of the Issyk-Kul Lake becomes a documentary parable on the tensions between an artist and society.
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Countries
Soviet Union
Ratings
TMDB users
3.7/10
3 votes
Rating consensus
37/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Cooler blended reception — weighted ~37/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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Castles in the Sand (1968)
Yakov Bronstein
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