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3	''My Beautiful Jinjiimaa'' is a 2008 film from UsefulNotes/{{Mongolia}}. Jinjiimaa is a deaf-mute who lives as a nomad on the Mongolian steppe. Sukhee is her companion, a middle-aged man with a lame leg; they are forced together because they are both social outcasts. Jinjiimaa is raped by the local Communist Party chairman, whereupon she shoots him but doesn't kill him. Sukhee takes the rap for the shooting and spends six years in prison. Upon his release he goes back to Jinjiimaa, but they can't escape the past.
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5	The film is somewhat handicapped by the NoBudget Mongolian filmmaking, but buoyed by strong performances. It's also a TearJerker, so bring your kleenex.
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10	* BittersweetEnding: Jinjiimaa and her daughter are reunited but Sukhee falls victim to a DiabolusExMachina.
11	* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: After Jinjiimaa departs to undergo surgery that will restore her hearing and speech, the local Communist authorities assumed that she has abandoned her family and seek to take the girl away to an orphanage. The real reason turns out to be that the party chairman is the girl's father, and doesn't want Sukhee to be guardian to the child.
12	* DiabolusExMachina: Just when Sukhee is about to be reunited with Jinjiimaa, he's run over by a car.
13	* TragicallyDisabledLoveInterest: Sukhee at first seems to be motivated by protecting Jinjiimaa. And their disabilities are played for all the drama.
14	* {{Flashback}}: Several, such as Jinjiimaa's rape and TheReveal.
15	* {{Melodrama}}: This movie wants to make you cry.
16	* NeverFoundTheBody: After the yurt burns down everyone assumes that Sukhee and Jinjiimaa's daughter are dead, but in fact they escaped.
17	* RapeAsDrama: Jinjiimaa winds up pregnant and having a daughter.
18	* TheReveal: Although it wasn't hard to guess--Jinjiimaa's daughter is the product of her rape by the chairman.
19	* SceneryPorn: The Mongolian steppe in winter.
20	* TimeSkip: A card that says "15 Years Later" moves us forward to find Sukhee and Jinjiimaa's daughter living in the city.

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