Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a sciences-physics competition to get a scholarship. His illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, leaving him and his brother and sister in the middle of winter. Ulzii wanders around at night looking for things to burn for heat while preparing for the national competition.

Battsooj Uurtsaikh
as Ulzii

Nominjiguur Tsend
as Tungaa

Tuguldur Batsaikhan
as Erkhemee

Batmandakh Batchuluun
as Garig

Ganchimeg Sandagdorj
as Mother

Batsaikhan Battulga
as Sharka

Urnukhbayar Battogtokh
as Monkhoo

Purevdulam Natsagbadam
as Maralaa

Davaasamba Sharav
as Neighbour Old Man

Sukhee Lodonchuluun
as Neighbour Old Woman
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In a city well lit and dotted with numerous hilltop communication masts, we meet the young "Ulzii" (Battsooj Uurtsaikh) who is living quite a contrasting existence with his mother and three siblings in a yurt than has an one-ring electric cooker and a coal burning stove. He is a gifted physics stude...