The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Zoljargal PurevdashDirector
- Zoljargal PurevdashWriter
Cast
- Battsooj UurtsaikhUlzii
- Nominjiguur TsendTungaa
- Tuguldur BatsaikhanErkhemee
- Batmandakh BatchuluunGarig
- Ganchimeg SandagdorjMother
- Batsaikhan BattulgaSharka
- Urnukhbayar BattogtokhMonkhoo
- Purevdulam NatsagbadamMaralaa
- Davaasamba SharavNeighbour Old Man
- Sukhee LodonchuluunNeighbour Old Woman
- Batzorig SukhbaatarBilegt Teacher
- Khuslen NaranbaatarTungaa's Friend