![]() ![]() Though it’s a true story-the making of Genghis Khan, history’s greatest conqueror-it’s liberally laced with exotic customs, sweeping cinematic vistas, and magic wolves.īut you shouldn’t come to Mongol expecting a saga of warfare and world domination, as the previews suggest. It’s a place where nine-year-olds overruled warlord parents when picking brides and rival khans could not spill blood in rest areas, though poisoning was okay. Mongol tells the story of a boy named Temudjin who’s growing up in hard times, circa 12th-century Mongolia. Though it’s history, watching it we’re strangers in a strange land. Does magic work? Are people kind to each other or monstrous? Do evil deeds get punished? To a lesser degree, this kind of sorting takes place in all films, but in Mongol we’re engaged in answering such perplexing questions from scene to scene. One of the pleasures we get from watching science fiction and fantasy films occurs in the first few minutes, when we almost subconsciously try to figure out what rules operate in this new universe we’ve entered. Mongol tells a magical tale of the making of Genghis Khan. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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