The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 102
Fresh: 96 | Rotten: 6
Delightful and strangely moving.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 1
Delightful and strangely moving.
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A nomadic family in Mongolia's Gobi desert faces a problem when a white camel colt is born in a difficult delivery and the mother rejects it. Repeated efforts by the extended family to get the mother to nurse the colt fail. The colt stands alone and cries for its mother. The family worries that the colt will not survive. Finally, Dude (Enkhbulgan Ikhbayar), the older boy, is sent to a nearby town to find a musician who can perform a "Hoos" ceremony. Little Ugna (Uuganbaatar Ikhbayar) begs to go
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All Critics (108) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (98) | Rotten (7) | DVD (12)
Chances are, if you're susceptible to this movie's gentle charms, you'll weep when the camel does.
Top CriticThe characters are charming, the colours of the carpets in their yurts colourful and the emphasis on family inescapable.
A simple and radiant piece of humanism.
While it isn't always easy to get used to the slower natural rhythms this film celebrates, its cumulative effect is undeniable.
A film of simple rigor and heartfelt emotion.
The most sincere and heartfelt camel movie in years, maybe ever.
a charmer
Exudes a subtle spiritual power.
This quirky docudrama speaks a more universal language: Who does not feel for a child abandoned by his mother?
Un relato extraordinario, revelador de la naturaleza humana (y animal), a medio camino entre el registro documental y el realismo poético.
Beautiful and compassionate tale of nomadic peoples that ranks with the best of Robert Flaherty's documentaries.
Simple yet charming.
Not a lot happens, but it's different and watchable (in a 'day in the life of a nomad... next on the Discovery Channel' sort of way).
As the film unspools at its slow, observational pace, the effect is almost therapeutic, like sinking into a warm bath.
Don't know how I feel about what the camel's face does on the DVD's interactive menu, but this docu-realist film remains incredibly transfixing.
As unique as the title animal: unrushed as a donkey, shaggy as a llama, sturdy as a horse — and, it turns out, with a sensitive soft spot for music. Who'd'a thunk?
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Foreign Titles
- Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (DE)
- The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel) (CA)
