Castles in the Sand

Castles in the Sand (1968)

August 31st, 19680h 17min

Documentary
37%

Overview

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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