Outstanding but...
I may have missed the point. There is so much symbolism going on here that I struggle with the story.
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I am lost when the seizure happens near the end. What is taking place here? A dream or sequence of unlinked thoughts or a greater meaning about nomadic life, animal spirits? First, the mirrors at the factory, freeing the animals, then looking for Bagi. But I never established were he really was in the linear story. This is where linear ends in my opinion - or ever maybe when Bagi has the first seizure on the truck. I feel this is where the western audience may "check out" because no reality is established for the rest of the film - just ideas and symbolism.
I feel like there are two films in one here. The first being a linear story about a troubled youth, pained by a obligation to fulfill destiny. He is forced into culture, alienated, alone and eventually becomes a victim.
The second is an internal story following Zolzaya, who is in my opinion, the enabler of Bagi's call. She is saved from the coal to follow the calling. It is Zolzaya who is really Bagi's manifestation and the Shamus is simply the cytolysis to aid the creation.
Overall, I can watch this film again and again for imagery thanks to the uber talented the DP, Rimvydas Leipus. I noticed his use of wide angle glass on both character close ups and extreme wide, scenic shots - which I haven't seen work as well, since Lawrence of Arabia.
-C