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If Only I Could Hibernate
(c) Urban Factory, Amygdala Films
VERDICT: Japan-educated Mongolian filmmaker Zoljargal Purevdash’s first feature provides a sensitive yet sobering account of a teenager’s struggle for his family’s survival, even if it means sacrificing his own future.
An academically gifted teenager abandons his own prospects to keep his family afloat in If Only I Co