Mirage Above the Gobi Desert

Mirage Above the Gobi Desert

1980 · 97 min · Drama

A young teacher in Russian is promoted school director in a small Gobi village. Upon his arrival, he uses the few available resources to gain the villager’s trust. He makes rapidly new friends, such as the a young post office lady, a tractor driver unable to express his real feelings or a zealous environmental protection inspector who is trying to arrest illegal antelope hunters. One night, the school director recognizes one of the poachers. He will have to take an important decision.

Directed by Dorjpalam Ravjaa · Written by Baljinnyam Begz

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Erdenetogtokh Gurragchaa Khashkhuu
Oyuntsetseg Yanjiv Nomin
Dorjsambuu Gursed Arslan
Zanabazar Jambal Damba
Tseveenravdan Nyandag Hunting inspector
Gursed Dalkhsuren
Bujgar Sanjaa

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