Synopsis
Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad is confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.
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Cast
- Batzul KhayankhyarvaaBagi
- Tsetsegee ByambaZolzaya
- Damchaa BanzarGroßvater
- Tserendarizav DashnyamSchamanin
- Dugarsuren DagvadorjMutter
- Ehkhtaivan UuriintuyaNara
- Namsrai Otgontogosle psychiatre
- Gereisukh Otgonl'infirmière
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
The film's leisurely pace and abstract format isn't meant for the multiplex crowd, but rather for adventurous moviegoers. It took guts to make Khadak and to give it a theatrical release. It might take even more guts to seek it out. - 75
Chicago Tribune
It’s slow--make that very slow--and the final half hour or so is mystifying and tedious. But it gorgeously recalls Fellini and “Koyaanisqatsi” and hauntingly pits ancient tradition against science, oppression and industrial rot. - 63
New York Daily News
Even when their picture wanders from any reasonable path, it's never less than stunning to look at. - 50
Variety
Beads together complex ideas and gorgeously wrought segments like pearls on a string, but, with its emblematic characters and sometimes baffling, mystical storyline, pic ultimately remains emotionally distant. - 50
The New York Times
A trippy spectacle. It boldly tries to find visuals to describe complex metaphysical and political concepts. But the results often suggest aestheticized eye candy, along the lines of Ken Russell’s “Altered States” or Godfrey Reggio’s “Koyaanisqatsi” and its sequels. - 50
Chicago Reader
This is well staged and photographed, with stirring aerial images and balletic pans and dolly shots, but the story is muddled by the arrival of a free-spirited girl and her musician pals, 60s-style longhairs battling a government conspiracy. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
An ambitious attempt at cinematic poetry, and how much they have succeeded depends on how well you can sort out its surrealistic meanings. - 40
Village Voice
Khadak recedes deeper and deeper into esoterica as it progresses.
