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To Kill A Mongolian Horse

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Saina tries to make ends meet as a herdsman in the wintery steppes of Inner Mongolia. While performing at night in breathtaking horseback shows, he by day takes care of his family’s horses, while juggling a grumpy father and his dysfunctional relationship with his ex-wife and kid. Unlike the majestic cavalryman he portrays in the show, Saina must discover how the world he grew up in has dramatically changed. An intimate portrait about masculinity in crisis from a female perspective.

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Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies Dec 17
4/5
Adopting a documentary-like, Jia Zhangke-esque approach, To Kill a Mongolian Horse carries a reflective strength, keeping you in quiet suspense until its shattering finale. Go to Full Review Morris Yang In Review Online Jul 22
Jiang’s portrait of a horseman as performer evocatively fleshes out the struggle for identity, against the modernizing hand of capitalist relations no less, but foremost in the performance and preservation of a premodern masculinity Go to Full Review Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo Apr 8
4.5/5
Xiaoxuan Jiang’s first feature is brilliant. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review John Bleasdale Next Best Picture 09/06/2024
7/10
Fans of Chloe Zhao's 2017 film "The Rider" will find much to like in -- and many similarities with -- "To Kill a Mongolian Horse," with its mourning of a culture eroded by modernism. Go to Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film 09/03/2024
4/5
What emerges is a carefully calibrated, bleak but elegiac picture of an environment where people are being forced to perform rather than allowed to live on their own terms. Go to Full Review Stephen Saito Moveable Fest 09/02/2024
The director works wonders with a nonprofessional cast in an impressively confident feature debut. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Xiaoxuan Jiang

Director

Xiaoxuan Jiang

Screenwriter

Zhulin Mo

Producer

Chui Mui Tan

Executive Producer

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Synopsis Saina tries to make ends meet as a herdsman in the wintery steppes of Inner Mongolia. While performing at night in breathtaking horseback shows, he by day takes care of his family’s horses, while juggling a grumpy father and his dysfunctional relationship with his ex-wife and kid. Unlike the majestic cavalryman he portrays in the show, Saina must discover how the world he grew up in has dramatically changed. An intimate portrait about masculinity in crisis from a female perspective.
Director
Xiaoxuan Jiang
Producer
Zhulin Mo
Screenwriter
Xiaoxuan Jiang
Production Co
Da Huang Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Mongolian
Runtime
1h 37m