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Shimkent hôtel (2003)

Shimkent hôtel poster
Original title
Shimkent Hôtel
Directed by
Charles de Meaux
Genre
drama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man struggles to recover from a failed business deal in the Afghan mountains. He finds himself in Kazakhstan dealing with the emotional shock of his experience.

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What happens

Shimkent hôtel is a 2003 French fictional film directed and written by Charles de Meaux who co-wrote music score with Vladimir Karoev and Pierre Mikaïloff. It tells the story of a young man who failed a business venture in the Afghan mountains and is suffering from shock in Kazakhstan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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