The Wolves Always Come At Night

As in Island of the Hungry Ghosts, Brady here crafts an inventive hybrid of documentary and fiction in telling the poignant story of Davaa and Zaya (credited as co-writers), their four children, and the numerous animals in their care. When their livelihood is destroyed in a fierce dust storm – supercharged due to climate change – the couple make the heartbreaking decision to leave the desert and their beloved animals, and move to the city. Brady, who lived in Mongolia in her twenties, deftly portrays the family’s turmoil in adjusting to settlement life and soul-destroying work, haunted by dreams of their herding past and ancestral homeland. A festival hit imbued with beauty and a deep, poignant sense of loss.

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