Mongol (2007)
Country: RUS/GER/SW/KAZ/MON
Technical: col/2.35:1 125m
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Asano Tadanobu, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren
Synopsis:
At the end of the twelfth century Mongolia is made up of a motley bunch of warring clans, into one of which is born a boy who will ultimately unite the nation into an invincible fighting unit. But behind every successful conqueror lie a decisive woman and the favour of the gods.
Review:
Gaining immensely from its flashback structure and cyclical narrative of defeat, enslavement and miraculous escape which verges on the absurdist, this powerfully played film does not stint on epic sweep but is at its best depicting its key relationships realistically. In telling the less familiar story of Temudgin's formative years, it does not make the mistake of Alexander, say, in getting bogged down in endlessly repetitive sequences of pillage and devastation.
Country: RUS/GER/SW/KAZ/MON
Technical: col/2.35:1 125m
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Asano Tadanobu, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren
Synopsis:
At the end of the twelfth century Mongolia is made up of a motley bunch of warring clans, into one of which is born a boy who will ultimately unite the nation into an invincible fighting unit. But behind every successful conqueror lie a decisive woman and the favour of the gods.
Review:
Gaining immensely from its flashback structure and cyclical narrative of defeat, enslavement and miraculous escape which verges on the absurdist, this powerfully played film does not stint on epic sweep but is at its best depicting its key relationships realistically. In telling the less familiar story of Temudgin's formative years, it does not make the mistake of Alexander, say, in getting bogged down in endlessly repetitive sequences of pillage and devastation.
Country: RUS/GER/SW/KAZ/MON
Technical: col/2.35:1 125m
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Asano Tadanobu, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren
Synopsis:
At the end of the twelfth century Mongolia is made up of a motley bunch of warring clans, into one of which is born a boy who will ultimately unite the nation into an invincible fighting unit. But behind every successful conqueror lie a decisive woman and the favour of the gods.
Review:
Gaining immensely from its flashback structure and cyclical narrative of defeat, enslavement and miraculous escape which verges on the absurdist, this powerfully played film does not stint on epic sweep but is at its best depicting its key relationships realistically. In telling the less familiar story of Temudgin's formative years, it does not make the mistake of Alexander, say, in getting bogged down in endlessly repetitive sequences of pillage and devastation.