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Completed - ENGLISH - Family, Action/Adventure - 102 minutes

Log Line

A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-year-old American boy, Wes, has an existential epiphany - He believes that he is in fact a Mongolian goat herder.

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Jordan ROBERTS
Cast : Vera FARMIGA, Jacob TREMBLAY

Producer(s) : Courtney SOLOMON

Synopsis

A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-year-old American boy, Wes, has an existential epiphany - He believes that he is in fact a Mongolian goat herder. When Wes befriends a similarly displaced Indian immigrant they both decide it's their destiny to connect the child's dream to his reality through the use of crowdfunding. Their journey to the mysterious plains of Mongolia throws the boy's family further into disarray, leading his desperate mother on a trip across the world, with her son, in order to make their family whole again.

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Country(ies) : USA

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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016 Special Presentations


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