Tracking the White Reindeer
2008 - Documentary - 52 mn
- Documentary - 2008
- Duration : 52 mn
- Director : Hamid SARDAR
- Productor : ZED
- Distribution : France 5
“Beautifully shot and edited, this film takes us into the lives of a group of people who are little known to the outside world.”
Jury member Patrick McCloskey-Banff Mountain Film Festival.
“Growing up in Mongolia. This film was chosen for the quality of its images, the Mongolian way of life... A film between a love story and the capture of their reindeer.”
Jury of the Autrans International Mountain Film Festival.
In the snow-covered plains of northern Mongolia live the Tsaatan nomads. The young Quizilol and the beautiful Solongo are in love. To prove to Solongo's father that he is man enough to marry his daughter, Quizilol has to show he is capable of raising a herd of reindeers by himself. His family gives him a young stallion to start off. During a blizzard however, the stallion escapes into the spirit dwelling mountains. If it crosses the nearby Russian border, it will be lost forever. The young man can only count on himself to capture the animal.
©Laurent Chalet
©Hamid Sardar
Links: ZED