Mongol (15)
KAZAKHSTAN'S epic entry for this year's Academy Awards as Best Foreign Language Film chronicles the rise of Genghis Khan from orphaned boy to bloodthirsty leader of men.
Shot on location in China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov knows how to engage his audience.
He focuses on the characters and in particular the relationship between the legendary warrior and his wife, contrasting the tenderness between the couple with the fiery determination that drives a man to conquer an empire.
Beautifully photographed, it also includes some spectacular battle sequences.
