Khadak
Encyclopedia
Khadak is a 2006 Belgian/Dutch
/German
film
directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth. The film is set in the steppes of Mongolia
and takes place during winter in the latter half of the 20th century. It explores the events which concern Bagi, a nomadic herder, during his coming of age and the forced relocation of his people. Bagi has epilepsy
and is subject to fits which cause visions and out-of-body experiences. When a disease kills some of the livestock his family relies on, it is taken as an omen
of misfortune. Soon after, Bagi and many others are forcibly relocated and made to work at an open pit mine mining coal
. Eventually Bagi meets a woman, named Zolzaya, who participates in raids against the freight trains which transport coal
away from the facility. As Bagi fights to overcome his epilepsy
, together with Zolzaya he leads a group of young people who try to disrupt the mining operations and enliven the despondent populace to return to their nomadic lifestyle.
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
/German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth. The film is set in the steppes of Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
and takes place during winter in the latter half of the 20th century. It explores the events which concern Bagi, a nomadic herder, during his coming of age and the forced relocation of his people. Bagi has epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases...
and is subject to fits which cause visions and out-of-body experiences. When a disease kills some of the livestock his family relies on, it is taken as an omen
Omen
An omen is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change...
of misfortune. Soon after, Bagi and many others are forcibly relocated and made to work at an open pit mine mining coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
. Eventually Bagi meets a woman, named Zolzaya, who participates in raids against the freight trains which transport coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
away from the facility. As Bagi fights to overcome his epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases...
, together with Zolzaya he leads a group of young people who try to disrupt the mining operations and enliven the despondent populace to return to their nomadic lifestyle.
Cast
- Batzul Khayankhyarvaa as Bagi
- Tsetsegee Byamba as Zolzaya
- Banzar Damchaa as Grandfather
- Tserendarizav Dashnyam as Shamaness
- Dugarsuren Dagvadorj as Mother
- Uuriintuya Enkhtaivan as Naraa