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The Sales Girl

27th(2022) A Window on Asian Cinema

Coming of Age · Women · Comedy/Satire  

  • CountryMongolia
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time124min
  • Format DCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Reticent Saruul loves to draw, but at the wishes of her parents, she is studying nuclear engineering instead. One day, a friend slips on a banana peel and breaks her leg. She asks Saruul to fill in for her at her part-time job at a sex shop. Although it seems like the least likely job for Saruul, her friend, hoping that Saruul would be the most discreet about her secret job, convinces her. The work involves selling all kinds of oddly-shaped pleasure enhancers, making occasional deliveries, and delivering the day’s earnings and cat food to the shop owner Katya at the end of the day. Saruul starts working at the shop, and over time she grows fascinated by Katya, who seems to know all about things that she doesn’t know or hasn’t experienced. The two women’s special friendship changes each other’s lives. Charming direction and music in unexpected places stand out in particular. (PARK Sungho)
Director
Director
Sengedorj JANCHIVDORJ
Sengedorj Janchivdorj is a Mongolian filmmaker who studied film directing at a college. After debuting with a feature film in 1998, he directed a TV series with twenty episodes, Muruudliin khulug ongots, which ran from 2001 to 2003. His filmography includes Oxygen (2010), Finding Omar (2014), Trapped Abroad (2014), Traitor (2015), and Lovers (2016). The Sales Girl received Yakushi Pearl Award at the Osaka Asian Film Festival and the Uncaged Award at The New York Asian Film Festival.
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  • Director Sengedorj JANCHIVDORJ 센게도르지 잔치브도르지
  • Producer Sengedorj JANCHIVDORJ, Khuslen BAYAMBAA
  • Cast Bayartsetseg BAYANGEREL, Enkhtuul OIDOVJAMTS
  • Screenplay Sengedorj JANCHIVDORJ
  • Cinematography Otgondavaa JIGJIDSUREN
  • Production Design Otgonjargal DANAA
  • Music Dulguun BAYASGALAN
  • Production Company Nomadia Pictures
    Mongolia

    khuslen.b@unitel.mn