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The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 102
Fresh: 96 | Rotten: 6

Delightful and strangely moving.

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 28 | 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

PG, 1 hr. 27 min.

Documentary, Art House & International, Special Interest

Directed By: Byambasuren Davaa , Luigi Falorni

Written By: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni

In Theaters: Jun 4, 2004 Limited

On DVD: Jan 25, 2005

Box Office:$1.3M

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Critic Reviews for The Story of the Weeping Camel

All Critics (108) | Top Critics (30) | 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.

August 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Top Critic

The characters are charming, the colours of the carpets in their yurts colourful and the emphasis on family inescapable.

August 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

A simple and radiant piece of humanism.

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

Top Critic

While it isn't always easy to get used to the slower natural rhythms this film celebrates, its cumulative effect is undeniable.

July 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

A film of simple rigor and heartfelt emotion.

July 16, 2004 Comment

Robert Denerstein

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Top Critic

The most sincere and heartfelt camel movie in years, maybe ever.

July 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Denver Post

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Steven Rosen

Denver Post

Top Critic

a charmer

May 14, 2012 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews Source: Old School Reviews

Exudes a subtle spiritual power.

November 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

This quirky docudrama speaks a more universal language: Who does not feel for a child abandoned by his mother?

September 26, 2006 Comment

CT Staff

Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

Un relato extraordinario, revelador de la naturaleza humana (y animal), a medio camino entre el registro documental y el realismo po�tico.

June 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total

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Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

Beautiful and compassionate tale of nomadic peoples that ranks with the best of Robert Flaherty's documentaries.

January 7, 2006 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

Simple yet charming.

April 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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).

February 11, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com

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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone

TheMovieChicks.com

As the film unspools at its slow, observational pace, the effect is almost therapeutic, like sinking into a warm bath.

February 7, 2005 Comment

John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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.

January 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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?

January 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films Guide

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interesting documentary about a nomadic family of camel herders in Mongolia. And it's all about them -- no narration, no talking head "experts". Just a camera following these people around as they share meals, socialize and work. The title refers to a particiular camel who gives birth and then refuses to care for her

March 16, 2011

Cindy I

Super Reviewer

This was really good.

September 22, 2008

Leigh Ryan

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