THE CORD OF LIFE
Director: Xixue Qiao
Year: 2022
Genre: Drama
Starring: Badma, Yider
Plot: Alus is a young Mongolian musician confused by his own desires and goals. He finds it hard to watch his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, living as a prisoner in her brother's flat in the city. So he decides to bring her back to her native steppes where she is sorely missed. As his mother's condition worsens, Alus tries to prevent her from going astray by tying her to him with a rope. This rope becomes a symbol of the umbilical cord that reconnects him to his mother's thoughts, his native place and his national culture...