Mirage Above the Gobi Desert

(1980)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1980

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: Mongolia

Director: Dorjpalam Ravjaa

Cast: Erdenetogtokh Gurragchaa, Oyuntsetseg Yanjiv, Dorjsambuu Gursed, Zanabazar Jambal, Tseveenravdan Nyandag, Gursed Dalkhsuren, Bujgar Sanjaa

Plot

A young teacher in Russian is promoted school director in a small Gobi village. Upon his arrival, he uses the few available resources to gain the villager’s trust. He makes rapidly new friends, such as the a young post office lady, a tractor driver unable to express his real feelings or a zealous environmental protection inspector who is trying to arrest illegal antelope hunters. One night, the school director recognizes one of the poachers. He will have to take an important decision.