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If Only I Could Hibernate (2024)

6.8/10 1h 38m Jan 10, 2024
Drama

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.

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Original Title Баавгай болохсон
Original Language MN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

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Battsooj Uurtsaikh
Ulzii
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No Photo" alt="Nominjiguur Tsend" class="cast-photo">
Nominjiguur Tsend
Tungaa
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No Photo" alt="Tuguldur Batsaikhan" class="cast-photo">
Tuguldur Batsaikhan
Erkhemee
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Batmandakh Batchuluun
Garig
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No Photo" alt="Ganchimeg Sandagdorj" class="cast-photo">
Ganchimeg Sandagdorj
Mother
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No Photo" alt="Batsaikhan Battulga" class="cast-photo">
Batsaikhan Battulga
Sharka
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No Photo" alt="Urnukhbayar Battogtokh" class="cast-photo">
Urnukhbayar Battogtokh
Monkhoo
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No Photo" alt="Purevdulam Natsagbadam" class="cast-photo">
Purevdulam Natsagbadam
Maralaa
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Davaasamba Sharav
Davaasamba Sharav
Neighbour Old Man
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No Photo" alt="Sukhee Lodonchuluun" class="cast-photo">
Sukhee Lodonchuluun
Neighbour Old Woman
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No Photo" alt="Batzorig Sukhbaatar" class="cast-photo">
Batzorig Sukhbaatar
Bilegt Teacher
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No Photo" alt="Khuslen Naranbaatar" class="cast-photo">
Khuslen Naranbaatar
Tungaa's Friend
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Key Crew

Producer Maéva Savinien, Frédéric Corvez, Zoljargal Purevdash
Music Johanni Curtet
Director Zoljargal Purevdash
Editor Alexandra Strauss
Writer Zoljargal Purevdash

Production

Amygdala Films
MN
Urban Factory
FR
New Mongol Academy

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Keywords

mongolia coming of age sport competition science

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Apr 20, 2024

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 stude ... Read more

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Details
Release Date January 10, 2024
Runtime 1h 38m
Language MN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
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