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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Lifesize Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Lifesize Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m
Khadak

Summary Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, Khadak tells the epic story of Bagi, a young nomad confronted with his destiny to become a shaman. A plague strikes the animals, and the nomads are forcibly relocated to desolate mining towns. Bagi saves the life of a beautiful coal thief, Zolzaya, and together they reveal that the plague was a lie ...

Directed By: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth

Written By: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Lifesize Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Lifesize Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m

Khadak

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 User Ratings
3.8
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Summary Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, Khadak tells the epic story of Bagi, a young nomad confronted with his destiny to become a shaman. A plague strikes the animals, and the nomads are forcibly relocated to desolate mining towns. Bagi saves the life of a beautiful coal thief, Zolzaya, and together they reveal that the plague was a lie ...

Directed By: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth

Written By: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
3 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
3 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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75
It’s slow--make that very slow--and the final half hour or so is mystifying and tedious. But it gorgeously recalls Fellini and “Koyaanisqatsi” and hauntingly pits ancient tradition against science, oppression and industrial rot.
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75
The film's leisurely pace and abstract format isn't meant for the multiplex crowd, but rather for adventurous moviegoers. It took guts to make Khadak and to give it a theatrical release. It might take even more guts to seek it out.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
63
Even when their picture wanders from any reasonable path, it's never less than stunning to look at.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
This is well staged and photographed, with stirring aerial images and balletic pans and dolly shots, but the story is muddled by the arrival of a free-spirited girl and her musician pals, 60s-style longhairs battling a government conspiracy.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW
50
A trippy spectacle. It boldly tries to find visuals to describe complex metaphysical and political concepts. But the results often suggest aestheticized eye candy, along the lines of Ken Russell’s “Altered States” or Godfrey Reggio’s “Koyaanisqatsi” and its sequels.
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50
Beads together complex ideas and gorgeously wrought segments like pearls on a string, but, with its emblematic characters and sometimes baffling, mystical storyline, pic ultimately remains emotionally distant.
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40
Khadak recedes deeper and deeper into esoterica as it progresses.
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 User Ratings
3.8
25% Positive
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25% Mixed
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50% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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25% Positive
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25% Mixed
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50% Negative
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Production Company Bo Films, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel et des Télédistributeurs Wallons, Cinéart, Lemming Film, Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Motion Investment Group, Nederlands Filmfonds, Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS), Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Umedia, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT), ZDF/Arte, uFilm
Release Date Oct 12, 2007
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Cyprus International Film Festival
• 6 Wins & 6 Nominations
Bratislava International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Avanca Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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