The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)

Original title

Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel

Directed by

Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa

Genre

docudrama

Country

Mongolia, Germany

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

AA

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 112 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi Desert try to save a rare white camel calf after its mother rejects it. The film follows their efforts to coax the mother into accepting her baby with help from a traditional ritual.

slow-burntranquiltenderobservationalhumblingintimateearthyquietly moving

What happens

The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolian: Ингэн нулимс, Ingen nulims, "Tears of the Camel") is a 2003 docudrama film distributed by ThinkFilm. It was released internationally in 2004. The film was directed and written by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni. The plot is about a family of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi Desert trying to save the life of a rare white bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) calf after it was rejected by its mother. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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