Norjmaa / Норжима

CHINA
2014, 102 MIN.

Director & scriptwriter Bayaneruul
Camera Xirebdorj
Design Chog
Music Meregjih
Cast: Badema, Dugursurong, Mengenerden, Boyanhexig, Tana
Producer Batumengke
Production Inner Mongolia Altan Argamj Culture Co., Ltd

It is World War II and on a remote farmstead on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, an ageing goat herder Norjmaa lives alone in a land which has been evacuated by the local population fleeing from the fighting. One day she finds two injured soldiers, one Japanese, one Russian. She takes them into her yurt and tends to their wounds, thereby saving their lives. However, when the two enemies are strong enough, each man seems to have only one thing on his mind – murdering the other. Norjmaa has war wounds of her own in need of healing. Betrothed as a young woman to the dashing Hanggai, she has waited for decades for her lover to return from war. How can she make these men see reason when all three of them speak a different language?

BAYANERUUL
Born in 1963 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia of China. He graduated from the performing arts department of Shanghai Theatre Academy and the directing department of Beijing Film Academy. He has played leading roles in many Chinese TV series and films. “Norjmaa” is his first film.

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