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Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 5 Blu-Ray (US Import)
Criterion

Pre-sale - Release date: 20.01.2026

Original title: Chronicle of the Years of Fire / Yam Daabo / Kummatty / The Fall of Otrar

Year: 1970 - 1989
Country: Algeria / Burkina Faso / India / Kazakhstan
Region code: A
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 715515327213

Image: 1.85:1, 1.66:1, 1.37:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio: Arabic / French / Mooré / Malayalam / Kazakh / Mandarin / Mongolian

Subtitles: English

Age rating: Not Rated

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yorgo Voyagis, Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev

Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Idrissa Ouédraogo, G. Aravindan, Ardak Amirkulov


Synopsis:

Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project has maintained a fierce commitment to preserving and presenting masterpieces from around the globe, with a growing roster of more than sixty restorations of works by essential filmmakers. This collector's set gathers four groundbreaking and innovative films, ranging from the epic to the intimate, from Algeria ( Chronicle of the Years of Fire ), Burkina Faso ( Yam daabo ), India ( Kumatty ), and Kazakhstan ( The Fall of Otrar ). Each title is a significant contribution to the art form and a window onto a cinematic tradition that international audiences previously had limited opportunities to experience.

Extras:

• 4K digital restorations of Chronicle of the Years of Fire , Yam daabo, Kummatty, and The Fall of Otrar, overseen by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
• New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese
• New interviews featuring film scholar and producer Ahmed Bedjaoui (on Chronicle of the Years of Fire ); film and African-studies scholar Aboubakar Sanogo (on Yam daabo ); and photographer Ramu Aravindan, director G. Aravindan's son, and film editor and festival programmer Bina Paul (on Kummatty )
• The Making of “The Fall of Otrar,” a new program featuring interviews with director Ardak Amirkulov, actor Tungyshbai Dzhamankulov, art director Umirzak Shmanov, and film critic Gulnara Abikeyeva
• Updated English subtitle translations
• PLUS: Essays by critics and scholars Joseph Fahim, Chrystel Oloukoï,