2013
Magic Lantern Films
1 h 27 m

2013
Magic Lantern Films
1 h 27 m

Summary Mongolia is known for its original Nomad culture as well as the spectacular natural landscape. Since gold deposits have been discovered however, both are threatened. Mongolians are breaking with their traditions and have started to plunder their land digging for gold. They are using mercury in their extraction of gold and thereby poisoni...

Directed By: Sven Zellner, Tschingunshaw Borchu

Written By: Sven Zellner

2013
Magic Lantern Films
1 h 27 m

2013
Magic Lantern Films
1 h 27 m

Price of Gold

Name: Price of Gold
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2013-09-16
Duration: 1 min 27 s
Rating: 60

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Sven Zellner, Tschingunshaw Borchu

Written By: Sven Zellner

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The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 20, 2013

Well-lensed observational doc exposes an obscure economic reality in Mongolia.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Sep 17, 2013

The men's faces often vanish as they go underground, threatened with permanent disappearance: the risk of dynamite bursting early, or of rope breaking and leaving them trapped. The filmmakers find those faces again in private interviews above ground, each miner sitting away from the others to discuss how he feels about the job.

By Aaron Cutler FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Sep 14, 2013

While the real-time aesthetic approach sporadically enthralls, it also reveals the narrow worldview that burdens the film.

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The New York Times

Sep 15, 2013

A noncommittal, occasionally surreal portrait of hardscrabble lives and omnipresent risk.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

Variety

Sep 24, 2013

A scrappy portrait of half a dozen renegade gold-diggers.