If Only I Could Hibernate

• Zoljargal Purevdash
• 99 min
• Mongolia, France
• 2023
• Fiction

A teenage math prodigy is torn between a life of crime and an academic career in a powerful coming-of-age drama set in the slums of Ulan Bator.

Ulzzi belongs to the nomadic people of the steppes but lives in extreme poverty with his siblings and mother in a tent outside Ulan Bator. His teacher discovers that the troubled boy has an impressive talent for math and encourages him to participate in the national championships. As he becomes responsible for his family's livelihood, he is forced into petty crimes, and with each step on the criminal path, the prospect of an academic future seems even more unattainable. Despite the harsh environment and bleak prospects, Zoljargal Purevdash's debut film is filled with warmth and hope, you could even call it a Mongolian Good Will Hunting that will leave no one unaffected.

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• Drama
• Barndom
• Uppväxt