I would not say that I particularly liked or disliked Tuya's Marriage. This movie is listed as a romantic comedy, though there was romance, the movie was not that funny. There were only two moments where I might have laughed. On the other hand, the movie does hold my attention so much that I would watch it again. I think watching it again would give me a better understanding of what I have sees and possibly catch more "funny" moments.Something I found interesting is how Tuya is able to arrange her own marriage. Usually when you think of an arranged marriage, it is the parents not the persons getting married who sets up the marriage. Not only does she have control of who she marries but she also discusses terms and agreements within the marriage. The ending is also interesting because it is unclear and keeps you guessing. That may be the reason why I or anyone else would want to watch Tuya's Marriage again, to try and find the answers to some unresolved questions.

This film was about how the main character, Tuya divorces her husband, Batoer, and is forced to make a better life for herself and kids with a new man. She faces conflict when she is offered a new life from two men who want her: it's either a wealthy old friend who promises to give and pay for anything she needs, or her lonely neighbor who proclaims his ultimate love for her, who has just left his wife. Personally, I did not enjoy this movie one bit. It was slow, confusing and the plot behind it (I found) was plain and silly. If it were not for the fact that this film is Mongolian and the cultural differences, I feel likeI have seen this plot over and over again in many other films. Although it was interesting to see their way of life, I found this film more like a documentary than a movie. I was not impressed by the actors all that much, but I thought the kids were really cute. This film confused me a lot in terms of what was going on, but I noticed there was a lot of alcohol, which surprised me since they seemed to live very naturally and off the land. I also noticed that during the day and while the characters were going about their everyday life, they wore baggy, plain and neutral colored clothing (probably mostly to keep warm)!! The only times they were color were in their headscarves, and during the ceremony at the end! I found this cool, since obviously color and fashion is important to them when going to important events, like it is for us. I wouldn't have guessed them to just all of a sudden dress up in nice colors, fabrics and jewels, since I was so used to seeing at the characters in grays, blacks and browns. At times I felt bad for the animals because they were so heavily depended on, and didn't seem to get much love; but on the other hand, this was their only way of life, and animals are not looked at the way we look at them in the US.

almost documentary. a woman in Inner Mongolia. her family. and her husband. a delicate situation. and one option. nothing else. result - a film about basic things in a isolated space. taste of sand and dust. a silent heroic existence. beauty of images. drops of humor. and sensation of a lot of pictures by strangers. very familiar pictures. a warm feeling, mixture of compassion and curiosity. a border film between testimony and art product. because the story is present in many movies from East. because the place, language or details are only pieces of a large arena.after its end, the flavor of savage beauty remains in memory. more than social postcard, it is trip in forms of human meetings as form of profound happiness.

Unlike the two faux documentaries which people now associate with Mongolian films, TUYA'S MARRIAGE is a well-acted, intricate and layered story about a strong young woman trying to hold her life together. Very like Gong Li in THE STORY OF QIU JU, Yu Nan plays Tuya, a stubborn and beautiful woman faced with an impossible predicament who must find her way through an onslaught of well-meaning (mostly) but ineffectual men to keep her family together. Tuya's affection for and loyalties to her disabled husband Bater are put to the test when she is forced to find a new husband in order to survive. All along the "obvious" choice, Shenge, her foolish but adorable neighbor, keeps trying to be the hero but falling on his face. Tuya must keep saving the men in her life from near disaster: Bater, Shenge (twice), and even her young son. The film becomes the romance/triangle of one woman and two men - much like JULES AND JIM or even FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (co-written by Wei Lu, who also co-wrote TUYA'S MARRIAGE). At the end of the film, her marriage includes both men, but immediately we see that she must continue saving them from themselves - and keeping everything and everybody together.