Black Milk (film)

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Black Milk
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German Schwarze Milch
Directed by Uisenma Borchu
Written by Uisenma Borchu
Produced by Sven Zellner
StarringSee Cast
Cinematography Sven Zellner
Edited by Uisenma Borchu Christine Schorr
Distributed byNine Film
Release date
  • 21 February 2020 (2020-02-21)(Berlin)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesGermany
Mongolia
LanguagesGerman
Mongolian

Black Milk (German : Schwarze Milch) is a 2020 German-Mongolian drama film directed by Uisenma Borchu. [1] It was selected to be shown in the Panorama section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. [2]

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Plot

Two sisters meet again after decades of separation. At a young age Wessi moved to Germany, while Ossi stayed in Mongolia. Their world is turned upside down when Wessi returns to the Gobi Desert. Even after all these years the bond between both sisters has remained strong but the culture clash is causing tension. Wessi immediately wants to fully participate in the harsh nomadic life and admires Ossi's everyday skills. Ossi, on the other hand, seems overwhelmed by Wessi's modern attitude towards life and is even more unsettled when she realizes her sister is falling in love with the older neighbor. Wessi is desperate for his love and, as the rebel of the family, does not care about the traditions she didn't grow up with. A fight for love and recognition begins.

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Reception

A Mongolian woman disillusioned with the West returns to her native land to visit her sister in Uisenma Borchu's sexually liberated drama of the steppes.   [3]

Kaleem Aftab of Cineuropa wrote in the Berlinale Panorama Review on 'Black Milk' that Uisenma Borchu brilliantly deconstructs her life in Germany, the dominance of the male gender, and the almost colonial dismissal of her desire to go and visit her sister in Mongolia, a country she left as a small child. Aftab said Black Milk is a work that confounds expectations and gives insights into the myriad influences that Wessi has. It's a unique perspective in cinema, but one that will be recognised by the very many who feel othered because of their heritage, who have one foot each in two different boats that are seemingly travelling in different directions. On the visual style of the movie Aftab wrote that the cinematography of Sven Zellner captures the vast landscape and beauty, but also offers a darker and more raw view of a land that is so often romanticised on film. [4] Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the tech work of 'Black Milk' is warm and modern, beginning with DP Sven Zellner's switch-hitting between open air vistas and the dreamlike intimacy of the women indoors and in their fantasies. The use of slight jump cuts speeds things up nicely. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Black Milk". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Black Milk". Berlinale. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Young=, Deborah (24 February 2020). "'Black Milk' ('Schwarze Milch'): Film Review Berlin 2020". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Aftab, Kaleem. "'Black Milk': Berlinale 2020 Panorama Review". cineuropa. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Young=, Deborah (24 February 2020). "'Black Milk': Film Review Berlin 2020". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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