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The Wounded Angel

Жаралы періште

2016

In a bleak post-Soviet Kazakh village, four teenage boys grope toward adulthood — scavenging for scrap, training in secret, dreaming of escape — as poverty and cruelty press in around them. A stark, austerely beautiful drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Kazakhstan

This film is stop 8 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Kazakhstan. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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