Arquivo

Twelve-year-old Bazarbai is unlike other boys his age. He dreams of leaving behind the green pastures of his Mongolian province, lured instead by the call of the urban jungle: Ulan Bator. But Bazarbai’s father has his own aspirations: one day, the young boy will make him proud by following the famed eagle hunter’s own footsteps. When Bazarbai’s brother, Khan, is forced to leave home for Ulan Bator, Bazarbai feels deeply hurt and betrayed. In an attempt to cheer him up, Bazarbai’s father takes him to the great Eagle Festival; but the young boy is inconsolable. Suddenly, the prize eagle belonging to Bazarbai’s father flies away, scared off by a photographer’s camera flash. Stricken by fear and remorse that his father’s beloved pet might have escaped for good, Bazarbai decides to follow the animal, thus embarking on an adventurous journey through torrential rivers and snowy mountains that inevitably lead him to Ulan Bator - the city of his dreams.