Moilkhon (A Pearl in the Forest)

Description

Appointed as a political officer by Stalin's government, a man manipulates and ultimately destroys his village in order to force a woman to marry him.

Themes

Buryats or Buriyads, Stalinism, Communism, Political Purges, Colonialism, Soviet Union (U.S.S.R. 1922 – 1991), Mongolian People's Republic (1921 – 1990)