The song of the two horses
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The song of the two horses |
| Country of production | Germany , Mongolia |
| original language | Mongolian |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Byambasuren Davaa |
| script | Byambasuren Davaa |
| production |
Beatrix Wesle , Byambasuren Davaa |
| music | Dagvan Ganpurev |
| camera | Martijn van Broekhuizen |
| cut | Jana music |
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The song of the two horses is a German-Mongolian documentary film from 2009. The director was the Mongolian filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa , who lives and works in Germany , who with her earlier films The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) and The Cave of the Yellow Dog ( 2005) celebrated successes.
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"The Two Horses of Genghis Khan" is an old Mongolian song. For the singer Urna, who was born in Inner Mongolia , the song also has a very personal component: the entire lyrics once adorned her grandmother's horse head violin (Morin Chuur). During the Chinese Cultural Revolution , the violin was destroyed, only parts of the instrument remained, the head and the neck. Before her grandmother's death, Urna had promised to bring the violin back to Mongolia and have it repaired. So she makes her way to Ulaanbaatar to see violin maker Hicheengui, who gives her a new body. But he does not know the lyrics and cannot add to them.
So Urna embarks on an increasingly spiritual journey through Mongolia. She hopes to find out the missing stanzas of the song from the nomads. But the journey becomes arduous and unsuccessful. A horse breeder who gives her horsehair for new strings advises her to inquire at a traditional wedding that will take place the next day. But even there nobody knows the song anymore. Ultimately, Urna seeks out a shaman in order to find spiritual access to the song. But only the old singer Chimed can finally help Urna.
backgrounds
The film premiered on August 15, 2009 (Piazza Grande, Locarno) and was released in German cinemas on June 3, 2010.
Reviews
- FBW Film Review: "A beautiful, very haunting film of tender poetry (...) preserves unique views of historical documents from breathtaking landscapes."
- Kinozeit.de: "A journey into a strange and fascinating world!"
- Cinema : “In quiet, documentary-looking images, Byambasuren Davaa tells of the loss of cultural traditions. (...) A wistful journey to a country whose identity is being lost. "