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[reverancepavane]

Mongol was quite a good film, telling the story of the young Temujin, who was eventually to become Genghis Khan, the founder of the largest empire in human history. It is based on the so-called Secret History of the Mongols, which is a mixture of historical fact and folklore, and holds the same impact for Mongolians as the legends of Arthur Pendragon have for the British. Having read the Secret History, I found myself looking for the next interesting event or person (a lot of episodes were missing, but you couldn't fit the entire Secret History in such a short film), but I am informed that if you have no knowledge of history, you will still enjoy what is going on. Although, apparently, in this case it becomes a classic love story rather than a coming of age story.