If Only I Could Hibernate
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.
- 6.8
- 2024
- Released
- 1h 38m
Battsooj Uurtsaikh
UlziiNominjiguur Tsend
TungaaTuguldur Batsaikhan
ErkhemeeBatmandakh Batchuluun
GarigGanchimeg Sandagdorj
MotherBatsaikhan Battulga
SharkaUrnukhbayar Battogtokh
MonkhooPurevdulam Natsagbadam
Maralaa
Davaasamba Sharav
Neighbour Old ManSukhee Lodonchuluun
Neighbour Old WomanBatzorig Sukhbaatar
Bilegt TeacherKhuslen Naranbaatar
Tungaa's FriendMunkhjargal Nyamdavaa
TsendAnand Ariuntugs
Tsend's SonEnkhnaran Ganzorig
Sharka's GirlfriendTsegtsbold Erkhemsaikhan
Gamer BoyTaivanbat Alexandar
Gamer BoyBavuudorj Radnaa
Bavuudorj TeacherAltangerel Dorj
Olympiad TeacherLkhakvadorj Nyamkhuu
Award Ceremony TeacherErdenebat Pagvaa
Award Ceremony TeacherBuyankhishig Ish
Coal VendorPagmadulam Natsagdorj
SalesladyBayarmaa Ganbold
Woman with kidTsegts-Itgel Mungun-Od
KidGuljaina Baatarbyek
SalesladyZoljargal Byambadash
PharmacistEnkhtsetseg Shatar
Social lesson teacherDelgersaikhan Danaa
Monkhoo's fatherBatsaikhan Battulga
WoodcutterKhangal Bayanmunkh
WoodcutterAmartuvshin Munkh-Od
WoodcutterLkhagvadulam Tumursukh
Welfare AgentGantsogtbayar Tumurbaatar
Welfare AgentBum-Erdene Ragchaa
Village School DirectorOtgonzaya Banzai
National Olympiad TeacherTulgaa Geleg
National Olympiad TeacherGan-Erdene Nyamdavaa
National Olympiad TeacherBerkhee
Dog
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Released
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- #mongolia
- #coming of age
- #sport competition
- #science
Reviews
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 o