Tsitili

Synopsis

Mongolie, 1945… Courageuse et volontaire, Tsitili, une jeune mongole des steppes d’Asie Centrale, participe à toutes les activités de sa famille d’éleveurs nomades.
Mais la dissension entre son père et son grand-père mine l’harmonie familiale. Tsitili se lance alors dans un grand voyage, en quête d’une solution magique pour réconcilier les siens. Par-delà sa steppe natale et au gré des rencontres, Tsitili comprendra que la solution n’est pas où là elle l’imaginait.
Un voyage initiatique sur le passage de l’enfance à l’adolescence.

In english dans le texte
Central Asia, around 1950. Tsitili, a young Mongolian, sees the harmony within her family being undermined by the dissension between her father and her grandfather. Nearing her twelfth birthday, she sets off on a journey in search of a magical way to reconcile her family. Beyond her native steppes, in this region under soviet influence, she discovers an unknown world, far from her traditional way of life. Despite the obstacles, she is determined to attain her goal. Upon reaching her destination, she will understand that the answer does not lie where she thought it did.
An initiatory journey along the path from childhood to adolescence.