To live and to die in Samarkand

January. 01,2007

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Documentary Film Uzbekistan Documentalist

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Having gone to Samarkand in search of traces of colonial culture, of which there were quite a few left there, having carefully photographed them, we suddenly discovered that it was not the dead buildings that were much more interesting, but the living carriers of this very colonial culture. The result is a film about people who live on the ruins of an empire.

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Reviews

ActuallyGlimmer

2007/01/01

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Cooktopi

2007/01/02

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Zandra

2007/01/03

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Fleur

2007/01/04

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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