Ethan has a whole long list of movies that he wants to watch, gleaned from various sources, and while some of them are clunkers, this one is really very good.
I have watched one, maybe two movies set in the steppes of Mongolia, and I am again struck by the ability of man to live outdoors in harsh conditions, and not just make it but look comfortable doing so. There is a hunting scene late in the movie where daughter and father are traveling in cold, snow covered mountainous terrain, not seeing a soul for days on end, and they are calm as they can be. The rapport they have with their animals, each other, and the terrain is beautiful in and of itself.
The movie revolves around documentary is propelled by a humbly determined 13-year-old Mongolian girl, Aisholpan, who is on the brink of breaking through an ancient gender divide. She is about to enter the world of Mongolian eagle hunters, a world inhabited only by men. So the movie is a salute to girl power in a culture that has very rigid gender roles, and it is at its best when it soars with a purity of purpose. By her side are her two faithful companions, a majestic golden eagle chick that she is about transform into a mighty pursuer of prey and her supportive nomadic herder father—Nurgaiv, a two-time champion hunter himself—who proudly oversees his daughter’s own training so she can become the first female to compete in the Golden Eagle Festival.
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