JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

World Cinema

Harvest Moon

BALJINNYAM Amarsaikhan

Mongolia 2022 90min DCP Color Fiction GKorean Premiere

Schedule

Code	Date	Time	Theater	Info	Ticket
127	2023. 04. 28	13:30	CGV Jeonjugosa 8	HKEG	Ticket Wish
307	2023. 04. 30	11:00	CGV Jeonjugosa 5	HKEG	Ticket Wish
733	2023. 05. 04	19:00	CGV Jeonjugosa 1	HKEG	Ticket Wish

Overview

Harvest Moon brings us the director’s vision of manhood, men’s relationships and their inner world, but also of his country, questioning it as a society and a families’ nest. The film portrays men in search for identity and belonging surrounded by the peaceful, never-changing, stunning Mongolian landscape.

Review

Tulgaa, a chef in the city, returns to his hometown to care for his ill stepfather. And when he passes away, he decides to stay for the harvest as he promised his stepfather. While working in the field, he meets a boy called Tuntuulei, who lives with his grandfather after his mother left for the city for work. Tuntuulei confidently declares that he'll teach this city mouse the ways of the prairie after seeing how awkward Tulgaa is in farming. Though the pair starts awkwardly, Tulgaa and Tuntuulei gradually find common ground and build a strong bond. The acting and directing by BALJINNYAM Amarsaikhan are also something to look forward to as he intuitively uses the power of the Mongolian scenery to amplify sentimentality and showcase the coming reality of the nomad culture on the verge of change. (CHUN Jinsu)

CREDIT

DirectorBALJINNYAM Amarsaikhan
ProducerSAINBILEG Uran
ScreenplayBALJINNYAM Amarsaikhan, BATSUKH Bayarsaikhan
CinematographyJosua FISHER

Production DesignNAIDANNYAM Bolor-Erdene
MusicBATTOGTOKH Odbayar
EditorBATSUKH Bayarsaikhan
SoundEvan MILLARD

CastBALJINNYAM Amarsaikhan, GARAMKHAND Tenuun-Erdene , SOVD Damdin , SHARAV Davaasamba , DASHNYAM Tserendarizav, SANAA Delgersaikhan

FILM SOURCE

Asian Shadows ㅣ lya@chineseshadows.com

DIRECTOR

BALJINNYAM Amarsaikhan

Born in 1977, Mongolia. A writer, actor, director, and producer, who has made history in the Mongolian cinematic world as the first Mongolian to step onto the international stage. Harvest Moon is Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam’s debut film as a director. His filmography as an actor and a producer includes THIEF OF THE MIND (2011), TRAPPED ABROAD (2014). His filmography as a screenwriter and an actor includes UNDER THE TURQUOISE SKY (2021).

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