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The Cord of Life

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2023 · 96 min Drama
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Alus is a Mongolian electronic musician confused about what he wants in life. He also cannot bear to see his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, living like a captive in his brother’s city apartment, so he decides to take her back to the grassland in search of the home she yearns for. As his mother’s condition worsens, Alus tries to stop her from getting lost by tying his mother to him with a rope. The rope is like an umbilical cord that reconnects him to his mother’s thoughts, his hometown, and his native culture…

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Original Title 脐带
Year 2023
Country China
Genre Drama
Director Qiao Sixue
Runtime 96 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (13 votes)

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The director constructs an intimate fable, relying on sparse yet potent visual poetry. It explores the delicate balance between freedom and care, using the rope not as a leash but as a lifeline tethering two fading worlds.

What lingers after the final frame is the haunting whisper of the grassland wind and a profound sense of rootlessness soothed. A meditative journey where filial duty becomes a sacred, grounding ritual. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Qiao Sixue

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