Marta Balaga In Mongolian Venice premiere “To Kill a Mongolian Horse,” it takes time to become a hero. Especially the kind that impresses the audience at popular horse shows. “I am a local — I grew up on this land.
Still, every time I watch these shows, I get emotional. They are stunning, but after a while I started to pay attention to the performers as well,” debuting director Jiang Xiaoxuan tells Variety.
Intrigued, she eventually ventured backstage. “They had to dress up and put on all this makeup in order to become heroic figures.
It’s not something that happens naturally. It takes time for you to put on the ‘armor.’ Even with Marvel superheroes, you see their ‘normal’ side and then you see them in costume.
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