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DIRECTOR: SERGEI BODROV
KAZAKHSTAN/MONGOLIA
Russian director Sergi Bodrov's film is a spectacular historical epic set against the backdrop of the harshly beautiful Mongolian steppes. Mongol tells of the formative years and the rise to power of the legendary Genghis Khan, taking us back to his childhood, the killing of his father and his flight into the wilderness to escape the murderous rivals for his crown. The story gives a central place to the courageous wife he willfully chose as a child. The adult Genghis gathers his clans and allies about him and, in a series of twists and turns and spectac-ular battles, takes complete power. This year's Kazakh submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. In Mongolian, Kazakh, Tartar and Chinese with English subtitles. Print courtesy of Picturehouse. ( 120 min )
Selected Filmography: Freedom Is Paradise (89), Prisoner of the Mountains (96), Bear's Kiss (02), Nomad (05).
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