
“Beautiful, haunting and distressing… This unusual film’s timeless beauty and the poetry and richness of its ideas make it compulsive viewing.” VARIETY
“There is something arresting about this small gem of a film. A movie which defies standard classification.” TIME
“A film with an extraordinary spiritual impact.”
FOLHA DE SAO PAULO
“To see this singular work of art is an overwhelming
experience.” GUIA DE SAO PAULO
“A film with an extraordinary style, a daring approach,
a complex dramaturgy and a masterful direction.”
NEUE ZÜRICHER ZEITUNG
“The highly original concept and the magnificent form make of State of Dogs a film beyond comparison to any other work.” DE VOLKSKRANT
“A stark, poetic vision of modern Mongolia… The most internationally successful Mongolian movie ever made.” THE UB POST (MONGOLIA)
“The film so deeply touched its narrator B. Damchaa that the famous ‘voice of Mongolia’ told journalists that he could now happily die, having produced his finest possible work.”
THE MONGOL MESSENGER
“Images of austere, otherwordly beauty.”
THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT (CANADA)
“An intense image of a changing world.
A fascinating associative story about life and death, tradition and modernity, change and transiency.” SKRIEN