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If Only I Could Hibernate

Баавгай болохсон

2023 · 98 min · Drama

A gifted teenager from a poor Ulaanbaatar neighborhood, determined to win a science competition and a scholarship, is left to care for his younger siblings through a brutal winter when their mother takes work in the countryside. A tender, quietly gripping drama.

Why it’s here

Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir’s precise coming-of-age drama connects a gifted teenager’s ambitions to the material realities of winter life on Ulaanbaatar’s ger-district margins.

Runtime
98 min
Genre
Drama
Mood
thoughtful
Entry
some context
Best for
shorter watch
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Part of 10 Essential Films from Mongolia

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