A grieving sound recordist travels to Mongolia, where an encounter with Oyun leads her toward a rare spiritual calling and shamanic initiation.
Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases
Journey Into Mongolia
Corine travels to Mongolia with a sound-recording purpose. Her journey is also shaped by an attempt to forget the death of her great love.
Key Events
Corine Leaves for Mongolia — Corine travels to Mongolia to document traditional songs and confront her grief. Characters: CorineLocation: Mongolia
Reindeer-Herding Community — Corine arrives in a community of reindeer herders. Characters: CorineLocation: A Mongolian reindeer-herding community
Traditional Song Recording — Corine records traditional songs as part of her work in Mongolia. Characters: CorineLocation: A Mongolian reindeer-herding community
Songs Among Reindeer Herders
Corine enters a Mongolian community of reindeer herders and records traditional songs. The cultural setting frames her personal search for relief from grief.
Key Events
Traditional Song Recording — Corine records traditional songs as part of her work in Mongolia. Characters: CorineLocation: A Mongolian reindeer-herding community
Trying to Forget Loss — Corine also travels to Mongolia to try to forget the death of her great love. Characters: CorineLocation: Mongolia
The Life-Changing Encounter
Corine meets Oyun, an encounter presented as capable of changing her life. Oyun introduces a revelation that shifts the focus of Corine's journey.
Key Events
Corine Meets Oyun — Corine's encounter with Oyun becomes the story's life-changing meeting. Characters: Corine, OyunLocation: A Mongolian reindeer-herding community
The Rare Gift Revealed — Oyun tells Corine that Corine has received a rare gift. Characters: Corine, OyunLocation: A Mongolian reindeer-herding community
Call To Shamanic Initiation
Oyun tells Corine that she has received a rare gift and must be initiated into shamanic rites. Corine's original mission is consequently connected to a spiritual transformation.
Key Events
A Required Initiation — Oyun announces that Corine must undergo initiation into shamanic rites. Characters: Corine, OyunLocation: Mongolia
Shamanic Rites Proposed — Corine's path becomes connected to the traditional shamanic rites described by Oyun. Characters: Corine, OyunLocation: Mongolia
A Life-Changing Choice — The meeting with Oyun redirects Corine beyond her original recording mission. Characters: Corine, OyunLocation: Mongolia
A Bigger World — The synopsis frames Oyun's encounter and shamanic revelation as transformative for Corine's life. Characters: Corine, OyunLocation: Mongolia
Story Breakdown
Journey To Mongolia — Corine leaves for Mongolia with both a professional mission and a private need to escape grief.
Leaving Familiar Ground — Corine travels to Mongolia for a new environment and experience.
Seeking Emotional Distance — She tries to forget the death of her great love.
Recording Traditional Songs — Corine works as a sound recordist within a Mongolian cultural setting.
Sound Recording Mission — She travels to record traditional songs.
Cultural Community — The work takes place among reindeer herders.
The Reindeer Herding World — The Mongolian reindeer-herding community provides the setting for Corine's encounter and transformation.
Mongolian Setting — The story is situated in Mongolia.
Traditional Practices — The setting connects music, community, and shamanic rites.
Meeting Oyun — Corine's encounter with Oyun becomes the pivotal change in her journey.
Unexpected Encounter — Corine meets Oyun in the reindeer-herding community.
Life Redirected — The meeting is presented as capable of bouleversing Corine's life.
The Rare Gift — Oyun reveals that Corine has received a rare gift, creating a new spiritual direction.
Oyun's Announcement — Oyun tells Corine about the rare gift.
New Possibility — The revelation moves Corine beyond her original recording purpose.
Shamanic Initiation — Corine is told that she must be initiated into traditional shamanic rites.
Required Initiation — Oyun announces that Corine must undergo initiation.
Spiritual Transformation — The rites become the basis of the film's transformative premise.
In an attempt to move on from the death of Paul, the love of her life, Korine leaves Paris to undertake a project in Mongolia. But after meeting the shaman, Oyun, her trip takes a different direction. Korine has a rare gift that Oyun intends to unveil. She agrees to initiate herself in the practice of Shamanism, leading her to discover an ancient and forgotten culture, but most importantly herself.
