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Bakchul | ... | Badumsurung |
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Bat-Ulzii | ... | Hangai / Husband |
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Osor Bat-Ulzii | ... | Hangai |
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Bayasgalan | ... | Sarnai / Wife |
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Enkhtuul | ... | Oyona |
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Munkhjiin | ... | Jorick |
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Myagmarnaran | ... | Buch |
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Nomin | ... | Noming / Daughter |
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Dong-ho Shin | ... | Chang-ho |
Jung Suh | ... | Choi Soon-hee (as Jung Seo) |
In a vast desert area somewhere at the border between Mongolia and China, Hungai lives together with his wife and child. Dutifully, Hungai plants little trees in the desert. After his wife embarks on a long trip to a hospital in the capital Ulaanbaatar to have their sick son examined, Hungai starts to drink out of loneliness. One day, a North Korean fugitive and her son ask for shelter in his home. A new world opens for Hungai. Written by Anonymous
For me, this was easily one of the worst movies I have seen in years. And not because I am in any way against slow movies. I had expected a movie about Mongolia, but this movie has no more to do with Mongolia than Borat has with Kazakhstan. Maybe even less. And the plot is even more nonsensical. Of course it's all right to make movies completely devoid from connections to real life (a lot of movies are), but my guess is that a lot of people will come away from the movie with the impression that -to name just one smaller piece of nonsense- you do in fact need to watch out for roaming tanks in the Gobi.
I always waited for something that would justify the entrance fee, or the amount of time I had already waited. Unfortunately, nothing happened.