Friday, February 11, 2011

Review of "Mongol" (2007)

"-What if we put this guy on a horse and make his face be hidden? Like in an abstract way?"
"-Yeah, yeah. I like it, boss!"            
The movie "Mongol", written and directed by Sergei Bodrov, premiered worldwide on July 31, 2007. It chronicles the early years of Genghis Khan, who united the nomadic tribes in present day Mongolia with Mongol clan and furthermore conquered half of the world. The movie gained Nika award and was nominated for Oscar's Best Foreign Language Film in 2007.