Khadak

2006

1h 44m

Drama

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500+ Ratings

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

Joshua Land

Time Out

Rated: 4/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Hank Sartin

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 16, 2011

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(****): 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

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Khadak=Le signe des ancetres (tjr bon a savoir). On y voit le dÃ©sir 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

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superultramegaperdiculously rad industrial shamanism and the freakout mongolian folkmetal hellzjess!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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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