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If Only I Could Hibernate (2024)

01/10/2024 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.

Zoljargal Purevdash

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Battsooj Uurtsaikh

Battsooj Uurtsaikh

Ulzii

Nominjiguur Tsend

Nominjiguur Tsend

Tungaa

Tuguldur Batsaikhan

Tuguldur Batsaikhan

Erkhemee

Batmandakh Batchuluun

Batmandakh Batchuluun

Garig

Ganchimeg Sandagdorj

Ganchimeg Sandagdorj

Mother

Batsaikhan Battulga

Batsaikhan Battulga

Sharka

Urnukhbayar Battogtokh

Urnukhbayar Battogtokh

Monkhoo

Purevdulam Natsagbadam

Purevdulam Natsagbadam

Maralaa

Davaasamba Sharav

Davaasamba Sharav

Neighbour Old Man

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on April 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 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, herding, life she had lived before marriage. Their's is a tempestuous relationship, and when things come to an head she takes their youngest away, whilst he and the elder children remain to keep up wi...

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