Erge

Overview

Tengis, a Mongolian young man who was born and raised in the mainstream Chinese society, learning how to balance his Chinese and Mongolian identities, has been waiting for acceptance from three different universities in Germany over the winter vacation. Unfortunately, rejection is the gift he has been given from all three of them. He chooses to swallow the secret instead of telling the truth. Meanwhile, his parents pressure him to marry his girlfriend, Onon, who has passed the language exam and is ready to move to Germany with him. Haven’t seen each other for two years, the young couple feels familiar and estranged at the same time. Tengis is now caught in the predicament of love, family, and ethnic identity.