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‘If Only I Could Hibernate’ Review: A Heartfelt Ode to Proud, Overachieving Elder Boys Everywhere
Mongolia’s Oscar submission is a wonder, a carefully textured portrait of a young man dreaming of more for himself and his family.
Ulzii would be a happy-go-lucky kid if only he weren’t saddled with adult concerns that force him to take jobs like delivering goat carcasses across town or illegally logging in the forest for meager wages. And now, Purevdash’s feature directorial debut is representing Mongolia at the Oscars, which speaks to the strength and charm of this intimate drama which finds kernels of hope even within the oft-bleak portrait it paints. Neither offering a cozied vision of gritted resilience nor a hardened picture of arrested (if not outright forgone) ambitions, Ulzii’s tale rings true precisely because it refuses to be collapsed into a feelgood ending.
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