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Khadak

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A livestock plague forces a young Mongolian shepherd (Batzul Khayankhyarvaa) and his family to abandon their nomadic ways and relocate to a mining town.

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Joshua Land Time Out Rated: 4/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Hank Sartin Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Ted Fry Seattle Times There's an eerie, magical quality to the political and symbolist fable embedded in Khadak, a visually beautiful film about disappearing nomadic culture on the harsh steppes of Mongolia. Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 2, 2007 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) For sheer visual excitement, it's difficult to top Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth's film Khadak. Aug 23, 2017 Full Review Stan Hall Oregonian Cinematography aficionados will be enthralled. Unfortunately, Khadak also has a story to tell, and does so in very slow and baffling ways, especially in a second half chock-full of muddled, exhausting symbolism. Nov 16, 2007 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice An unusual film set in Mongolia which contrasts the spiritual vitalities of shamanism with the dehumanizing rigors of industrial capitalism. Rated: 3/5 Oct 13, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I REALLY wanted to like this, however, it is the slowest-moving film I have ever seen, and there is almost zero dialogue. I found it impossible to understand the story-line, such as it was. Naturally, the critics here all would love this, but I doubt many viewers will have this much patience. Looking forward to another film from Mongolia.... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Epilepsy and shamanism are closely related in many cultures. The main characters visions meld with reality until the whole beautiful film becomes a stark figment. Amazing cinematography. "Khadak makes the most of Mongolia's vast horizons and swallowing space, the grandeur of emptiness, together with precisely composed pictures" Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A meditation on the effects of forced industrialization and globalization on a community of nomadic herders. This is a poetic and cerebral endeavor, so its not recommended for the faint of mind. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member (****): Thumbs Up A beautiful and almost hypnotic minimalist film. This would make a great half of a double feature with the film Tulpan (2009). Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Khadak=Le signe des ancetres (tjr bon a savoir). On y voit le désir de retour aux racines des paysans qui ont ete forces a partir de chez eux, a cause d'une contagion animale inventee par le gouvernement. L'histoire est simple. La symbolique est,elle, tres, meme trop presente: differents plans qui doivent signifier qqch sauf qu'on ne voit pas quoi exactement. Traduction svp Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member superultramegaperdiculously rad industrial shamanism and the freakout mongolian folkmetal hellzjess! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Peter Brosens

Director

Jessica Woodworth

Director

Batzul Khayankhyarvaa

Bagi

Tsetsegee Byamba

Zolzaya

Damchaa Banzar

Grandfather

Tserendarizav Dashnyam

Shamaness

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Movie Info

Synopsis A livestock plague forces a young Mongolian shepherd (Batzul Khayankhyarvaa) and his family to abandon their nomadic ways and relocate to a mining town.
Director
Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Screenwriter
Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Production Co
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Lemming Film, Umedia, Arte, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, ZDF, Cinéart, Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion, uFilm, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Mongolian
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.0K
Runtime
1h 44m