Synopse

An impressive debut film with an amateur cast about a Mongolian rider is a polyphonic swansong about disappearing ways of life. In the middle of the harsh wintery steppes marking the border between Mongolia and China, Saina spends his days looking after the family’s ranch. During the evening he’s a performer in a horse show which portrays the legendary life of Mongolian riders for tourists. In contrast to the majestic rider he plays in the show, Saina’s real life as a herdsman is threatened by structural change and the greed of big Chinese corporations.

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XIAOXUAN JIANG was born in Inner Mongolia and studied at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Her short film Graveyard of Horses (2022) was a study of life in the Mongolian steppes. To Kill a Mongolian Horse was first shown in the Giornate degli Autori section at Venice.

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