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Khadak (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 9

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 5.7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Oct 12, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Bagi and his grandparents live a nomadic life herding sheep in the frozen hills of Mongolia. Their pristine world is disrupted when a military convoy arrives, letting Bagi's family and others know... Bagi and his grandparents live a nomadic life herding sheep in the frozen hills of Mongolia. Their pristine world is disrupted when a military convoy arrives, letting Bagi's family and others know that a plague has struck the animals in their region and they must relocate to a mining town, complete with high-rise apartments. In their first fiction film, documentary filmmakers Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens apply a distinctly impressionistic style to an original story with haunting themes. Capitalism is expanding into the most remote of regions and creates ongoing tensions between the past and the future, creation and destruction, and accepting or denying one's fate. Featuring remarkably meditative performances by Batzul Khayankhyarvaa as Bagi and Tserendarizav Dashnyam as the shamaness, Khadak starkly contrasts the richness of nomadic Mongolian life against the imposed modern city life that Bagi and his family must adjust to. But in the midst of that stark transition, Bagi begins to accept his fate and starts traveling between the natural world and a larger spirit world, as he was meant to. In its filmic eloquence, Khadak is itself raw material for a potential personal experience and a reminder of the harsh laws of the universe that many of us seem to forget. -- Sundance Film Festival [More]

Starring: Khayankhyarvaa Batzul, Byamba Tsetsegee, Banzar Damchaa, Dashnyam Tserendarizav

Starring: Khayankhyarvaa Batzul, Byamba Tsetsegee, Banzar Damchaa, Dashnyam Tserendarizav, Dagvadorj Dugarsuren

Director: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth

Director: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Screenwriter: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Producer: Peter Brosens, Joost de Vries, Leontine Petit
Composer: Altan Urag, Dominque Lawalree

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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.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
11/16/07
Stan Hall
Oregonian

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.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
11/02/07
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

It gorgeously recalls Fellini and Koyaanisqatsi and hauntingly pits ancient tradition against science, oppression and industrial rot.

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10/18/07
Sid Smith
Chicago Tribune
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An unusual film set in Mongolia which contrasts the spiritual vitalities of shamanism with the dehumanizing rigors of industrial capitalism.

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10/13/07
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Khadak is beautifully filmed and energetically acted, with standout performances by newcomer Tsetsegee Byamba as Zolzaya and Batzu Khayankhyarvaa as Bagi.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/12/07
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Even when their picture wanders from any reasonable path, it's never less than stunning to look at.

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10/12/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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A highly imaginative film, beautifully scored and well-acted.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/12/07
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

A marvelously acted, brave and absorbing film. Catch it whenever and wherever you can.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
10/11/07
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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Khadak makes the most of Mongolia's vast horizons and swallowing space, the grandeur of emptiness, together with precisely composed pictures, making the whole thing seem like one of Bagi's visions.

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10/11/07
John Anderson
Newsday
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A gorgeous panoply of natural wonders and far-flung mysticism, the Mongolian-made drama Khadak is a unique adventure.

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10/10/07
Eric Kohn
New York Press

The rebellion never achieves the mythopoeic visual potency it strives for; while passably adopting several familiar modes of art-house style... Khadak doesn't exhibit full, dynamic fluency in any of them.

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10/09/07
Nick Pinkerton
Village Voice
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With its emblematic characters and sometimes baffling, mystical storyline, pic ultimately remains emotionally distant.

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09/23/06
Leslie Felperin
Variety
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More baffling than enlightening.

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09/23/06
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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...feels like a film school experiment gone horribly wrong.

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09/13/06
David Nusair
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