If Only I Could Hibernate review – a teenager faces tough choices in chilly Mongolia

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If Only I Could Hibernate review – a teenager faces tough choices in chilly Mongolia

There’s an earthy authenticity to Zoljargal Purevdash’s story of a gifted student from a poor familyIt’s the kind of story that crops up fairly regularly on the world cinema and film festival circuit: an academically gifted teenager from a desperately poor background must choose between his future and shelving his studies to help support his siblings. But the Mongolian drama If Only I Could Hibernate, written and directed by Zoljargal Purevdash,…