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The Story of the Weeping Camel
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Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Starring: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam, Ikhbayar Amgaabazar
Directed By: Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780780650145
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 078065014X
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-01-25
Running Time: 87
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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An exotic and beautiful tale The Story of the Weeping Camel follows the adventures of a family of camel herders in Mongolia's Gobi Desert as they face a crisis when their camel rejects her newborn calf after a difficult birth.Running Time: 87 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 794043776823
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Summary: a documentary masterpiece
Comment: The words have not been invented that can adequately describe the artistry, creativity, intuitiveness and rare humanity that is invested in this documentary. It is the rarest of cinematographic gems that tells the most touching and timeless story of a Mongolian desert family. The marvelous insight and richness of heart here delivers lessons in psychology, sociology and anthropology that carry well beyond anything that has ever appeared in print.
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Summary: The Power of Art
Comment: This is a very moving film. We ordered it after having seen some of it on TV. We later watched it with our daughter,our 9 yr. old grandson and 5 year old granddaughter (who was able to read the subtitles). We all enjoyed it. I think the film shows the power of art and the mystery of life in a unique and touching way.It also contrasts the beauty of an ancient culture and rituals against the starkness of modern technical culture.
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Summary: Great Documentary
Comment: I viewed the movie several times before I went to Mongolia and twice since my return in July 2008. The movie 'takes you there'. The nomadic life style is at a different pace that the American pace of life. Do not be discouraged by the speed of the story - that is what the nomadic life style is. Slow down and enjoy the story that is still taking place today in The Gobi, where it was filmed.
The Cave of the Yellow Dog takes place in western Mongolia and is also worth viewing The Cave of the Yellow Dog. Again, it 'takes you there'.
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Summary: One-Of-A-Kind Magical Movie In The Gobi Desert
Comment: Although it definately has a plot, "The Story Of The Weeping Camel" is in many ways a slice-of-life movie - life in Mongolia's Gobi desert, where nomads raise camels for their wool - and is in fact possibly the best 'slice-of-life' movie ever made. It fully captures a very different part of the world and the lifestyles and people within it.
For the central family, which moves from feeding ground to feeding ground with their camels, setting up colorful yerts which serve as their domiciles, a crisis arises when a female camel gives birth to a young calf which she rejects, refusing to nurse. Without its mother's care, the young camel will die, and the family's efforts to coax the mother are unsuccessful. The concern of the family for the calf seems motivated by more than a concern for the calf's economic value. The nomads seem to view the camels as part of their extended group, and this bond goes a long way to making the movie. Wanting to save the calf any way they can, they fall back on an old legend and several members of the family set off across the Gobi toward a small city where they hope to find a kind of shaman who, it is said, can sing to camels in a way that can heal their spirits. The hope is that this will encourage the mother to accept her newborn. Inside the city, which is fairly modern, the young nomads find it utterly alien and a bit intimidating. The little boy who's journeyed there is the least intimidated and the most curious. In one of the movie's many charming side plots, the little guy discovers something he'd never dreamed of before, and becomes utterly fascinated by: cartoons playing on the tvs set up at the open air marketplace.
They find what they're looking for and head back towards home, hoping it's not too late. Throughout the whole film, it's just visually beautiful: the desert, the colorful culture of the nomads, the magnificent animals they live in a kind of symbiosis with, even the congested city. Excellent characterization and a real sense of magic and love are also among the movie's highpoints. A lot of people seeing the general description of the movie - 'family of nomads tries to convince camel to accept its newborn calf' - would probably skip right over it, but I really think this could be appreciated by a much larger audience if people took a chance on it. This is one of the movies I recommend to people every chance I get, and I'll do so again here.
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Summary: Tying up the poor camels is just why the camels "weep"
Comment: I was so excited to see this film when it popped up on my amazon page,so I rented it.I had to take it off 40 minutes later. Seeing those camels constantly tied up to posts, with very little circumferance of movement was enough to make me "weep".One of the main camels in the movie, had a PIERCED snout,with a spear going through it!Gee, I think I have seen this before, with the Kalendar gypsies in India piercing spears through the snouts of bears, in order to force them (through painful pulling of the spears),to perform unnatural circus acts. The part where the young camel was protesting the placement of the handmade "muzzle" on his snout was more than I could bare.He was upset and freaking out!! That was a clear cut case of animal cruelty. Of course it is not as harsh as some film footage coming from Asia (i.e. cats, dogs, raccoons being hung upside down and skinned alive for their fur, dogs being forced to wear tin cans on their snouts,or 10 dogs squished together in a 4x6 cage)but nevertheless it is certainly not a film that gives a good example to children on treating animals with kindness,respect and dignity.
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