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Mood:
- SincereTouchingUpliftingEmotionalSentimentalBittersweet
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Plot:
- RescueParents and ChildrenFamily LifeFamily RelationsObsessive QuestHuman SpiritCurses Spells and RitualsReincarnation more...
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Genres:
- ForeignDocumentaryDrama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- AsiaDesertVillageMongolia
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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The Story of the Weeping Camel, 2003
Mongolian
Germany
Profile of The Story of the Weeping Camel
The Story of the Weeping Camel can be described as uplifting, sincere, and touching. The plot revolves around a rescue, family life, and parents and children. The main genres are foreign, documentary, and drama. In approach, The Story of the Weeping Camel is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in the desert and in a village. The Story of the Weeping Camel is located in Mongolia. It takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Story of the Weeping Camel
Effortlessly blending drama, nature documentary, and ethnographic film, THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL weaves a magical tale about a nomadic Mongolian family who reunite a rejected baby camel with its mother. When a mother camel refuses to sustain her child, the keepers of the camels often reunite them in a ritual with folk music and chanting, the results of which elicit deep emotion--even causing the mother camel to weep real tears. Exploring more than just traditional ritual, this film speaks to the very nature of love--the baby camel cannot survive without his mother, just as no animal or person can.
Directors Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni drew upon the documentary style of Robert Flaherty (NANOOK OF THE NORTH), who recreated events to comprehensively portray his subjects. The pair tirelessly filmed spontaneous events for much of the mother-baby story, but chose to recreate certain moments in the family's daily life. A particularly humorous and insightful example involves a young boy who clearly feels conflicted between his family life and his desire for a more Western life. The film creates a contrast between the two, showing the boy listening to traditional fables in his family's tent, but then dreaming about owning a television. This spare film provides a visually enchanting and unique learning experience.
Details
| Language: | Mongolian |
| Country: | Germany |
| Release date: | 26 February 2004 |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
Cast and Crew
as Janchiv
as Chimed
as Amgaa
as Zevel
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Jonathan Curiel
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Users Reviews
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
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