In the high Altai Mountains of northern Mongolia, a young shepherd boy comes of age, tending his family\'s flocks on the mountain steppes.
But perhaps the greatest tragedy s.
Then the boy\'s grandmother dies, and with her his connection to the old ways.
First, his older siblings leave the family yurt to attend a distant boarding school.
This confrontation comes in stages.
Knowing little of the world beyond the surrounding peaks, his nomadic way of life is disrupted by modernity.
In the high Altai Mountains of northern Mongolia, a young shepherd boy comes of age, tending his family\'s flocks on the mountain steppes