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Flight of the Bee

Name: Flight of the Bee
Released: 1998

Парвози Занбур

1998

A stubborn village teacher, wronged by a boorish neighbor who builds an outhouse beside his home and eyes his wife, is denied any justice and resolves to fight back in his own quiet, absurd way. A deadpan Tajik fable.

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Part of 7 Essential Films from Tajikistan

This film is stop 5 of 7 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Tajikistan. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Tajikistan in the 196 country film challenge.