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Mongolian cinema has been making steps forward in the latest years, with films like “Black Milk”, “Remember Me” and “They Sing Up on the Hill” among others, being a testament to the fact. What is quite interesting is that the path local cinema seems to follow is not only art-house, as the lack of funding would suggest, but an effort towards more mainstream aesthetics, which seems like the ideal way to attract local audience first. “The Woman” implements both approaches, in a mixture that is not perfect but is very interesting and entertaining, while the presence of a Korean in the story adds an element of surprise and uniqueness.

In the remote Mongolian mountains, Dagiina lives with Eruult, her mother-in-law and her two young children, Ider and Ujin, herding their flock almost completely by herself. Occasionally, a local man comes and helps her with the more difficult tasks, but he...

The hallowed feminist message that women’s bodies belong to them is exotically dramatized in the Germany-Mongolia co-production Black Milk (Schwarze Milch). Set among nomads living on the Mongolian plains, but seen through the eyes of a Westernized local woman, the story of two sisters plays with cultural expectations in a tale of sexuality and the limits of female empowerment when it jostles tradition. Drawing the viewer into the story are its striking leads, Gunsmaa Tsogzol and Uisenma Borchu, who try to bridge the culture gap that separates them after one sister moves to Europe.

The German-Mongolian Borchu, who also ...

The hallowed feminist message that women’s bodies belong to them is exotically dramatized in the Germany-Mongolia co-production Black Milk (Schwarze Milch). Set among nomads living on the Mongolian plains, but seen through the eyes of a Westernized local woman, the story of two sisters plays with cultural expectations in a tale of sexuality and the limits of female empowerment when it jostles tradition. Drawing the viewer into the story are its striking leads, Gunsmaa Tsogzol and Uisenma Borchu, who try to bridge the culture gap that separates them after one sister moves to Europe.

The German-Mongolian Borchu, who also ...