Nominee
Cannes Film Festival
Un Certain Regard - Official Selection (2023)
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If Only I Could Hibernate
Баавгай болохсон (Baavgai Bolohson)
Directed by Zoljargal Purevdash
2023•96 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- Coming of Age
- Mood
- Uplifting
- Language
- Mongolian
Synopsis
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.
Trailer
Selected Awards
Footnote
- First
First Mongolian film in Cannes' Un Certain Regard — also Mongolia's official Academy Award submission
Main Cast
BUBattsooj UurtsaikhUlzii
NTNominjiguur TsendTungaa
TBTuguldur BatsaikhanErkhemee
BBBatmandakh BatchuluunGarig
GSGanchimeg SandagdorjMother
BBBatsaikhan BattulgaSharka
UBUrnukhbayar BattogtokhMonkhoo
PNPurevdulam NatsagbadamMaralaa
