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Mountain Cat

Synopsis

A troubled teenage girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman in search of spiritual healing. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman when she realises his true identity.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 min 38 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Producer
Ariunaa Tserenpil
Executive Producer
Christopher Granier-Deferre
Editor
Madlen Sieghartsleitner
Screenwriter
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Director of Photography
Krish Makhija
Sound
Enkh-Amgalan Erdenetugs
Principal cast
Munkh-Od Purev, Azzaya Munkhbat, Sarangerel Sukhbaatar

Genre

Woman Director Asian Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Poisson Rouge Pictures

Hurlingham Studios
Ranelagh Gardens
London
SW6 3PA

Sales Company

Poisson Rouge Pictures

Hurlingham Studios
Ranelagh Gardens
London
SW6 3PA

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