Director: Jigjidsuren Gombojav
Scriptwriter: Lkhagvasuren Bavuu
Cinematographer: Asalbai Jambal
Editing: Batgerel D.
Sound: Sambuu B.
Music: Jantsannorov Natsag
Cast: Tserenpagma Baatarsuren, Bodisuren Jigjidsuren, Erdenetsetseg Sugar, Sukhkhuyag Jamsran, Vandan Ser-Od, Dariiranz Nyam, Nerguibaatar Nasanbayar, Deleg Demchig
Production:
Mongol Kino
Distribution:
Mongol Kino
Year: 1990
HD, Colour, 68 min, OV Mongol with French Subtitles
With kind support of Mongol Kino and Embassy of France in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
French Premiere
Two friends are forced to join the Battles of Khalkhin Gol. The younger one leaves his mentally disturbed mother, gone mad after a particular traumatic episode in her life. Unfortunately, more drama awaits the poor woman…
Rock Tears is the first of an unofficial three-part series entitled Close to death, which has no other link other than the topic of death. Shot at the eve of important political changes in Mongolia, it’s the first movie ever to aboard the political repressions of the 1930s, at a time when Mongolia became a satellite country of Russian empire.
