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10/01/2024 Drama 1h 38m
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Overview

Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a sciences-physics competition to get a scholarship. His illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, leaving him and his brother and sister in the middle of winter. Ulzii wanders around at night looking for things to burn for heat while preparing for the national competition.

  1. Zoljargal Purevdash

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Battsooj Uurtsaikh

    Ulzii

  2. Nominjiguur Tsend

    Tungaa

  3. Tuguldur Batsaikhan

    Erkhemee

  4. Batmandakh Batchuluun

    Garig

  5. Ganchimeg Sandagdorj

    Mother

  6. Batsaikhan Battulga

    Sharka

  7. Urnukhbayar Battogtokh

    Monkhoo

  8. Purevdulam Natsagbadam

    Maralaa

  9. Davaasamba Sharav

    Neighbour Old Man

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-04-20
In a city well lit and dotted with numerous hilltop communication masts, we meet the young "Ulzii" (Battsooj Uurtsaikh) who is living quite a contrasting existence with his mother and three siblings in a yurt than has an one-ring electric cooker and a coal burning stove. He is a gifted physics student whose teacher (Batzorig Sukhbaatar) is trying to coax him to enter a competition and focus more on his studies, but it's increasingly clear that this young man is very much the breadwinner. His recently widowed mother reverts to the bottle when things get tough and yearns to return to the rural, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Mongolian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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