Review of Shadow of the Holy Book (2007) by Päivi L — 03 Feb 2009

Everyone must see this documentary. Totally crazy and absurd country: Turkmenistan.

This review of Shadow of the Holy Book (2007) was written by Päivi L on 03 Feb 2009.

Shadow of the Holy Book has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Minna S (192) on 30 Jan 2009

The subject is interesting so I expected much more than I got…

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By Jani B (94) on 16 Oct 2008

The most absurd documentary I have seen. The theme, not the content I mean. I know I am going to ask a certain someone tons of questions…

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By Private U (13,627) on 08 Feb 2009

Given the brilliant material they had to work with - comic opera dictatorship, corruption for oil, heads of multinationals being dick-wads…

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By Roland S (348) on 18 Apr 2008

One of the best documentaries I've ever seen. We love Ruhnama and Turkmenistan…

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By Antti K (72) on 10 Apr 2008

A very good investigative documentary from Halonen after a couple of nice docs from Cuba…

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