SNOW IN SEPTEMBER
Genre
Drama
Running time
20 minutes
Year
2021
Language
Other
Subtitle
English and Turkish
Country
Mongolia and France
Director
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Bio
Producer
Katia Khazak, Charlotte Vincent
Cast
Sukhbat Munkhbaatar, Nomin-Erdene Ariunbyamba, Enkhgerel Baasanjav, Odgerel Bat-Orshikh
Scriptwriter
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Winner of both the best short film in the Orizzonti section in Venice and best international short film in Toronto, Snow in September is a restrained drama about a Mongolian teenage boy (Sukhbat Munkhbaatar) who has teasing conversations with his classmate about love and manga images of women. When he meets an older woman who claims to be a friend of his mother’s, Davka realises his ideas of relationships and intimacy are about to change.
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