The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005)
- Original title
- Шар нохойн там
- Directed by
- Byambasuren Davaa
- Genre
- documentary film, drama film
- Country
- Mongolia, Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- AA
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 79 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Mongolian girl finds a stray dog and wants to keep it. Her father tells her she must give the dog away. The story shows her learning to accept this change and the reward that comes later.
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What happens
The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Mongolian Шар нохойн там) is a 2005 Mongolian/German film written and directed by Byambasuren Davaa. The film was submitted as Mongolia's contender for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won the 2006 Deutscher Filmpreis Award for Best Children's Picture. It also won Golden Starfish Awards at the 13th Hamptons International Film Festival for best narrative feature, best original movie score and best cinematography. The story is a gentle fable about the limitations of life and its acceptance. A girl learns the painful lesson of letting go of want and desire when her father insists on leaving her newfound stray dog. However, the ending of the film offers hope—another lesson of life being full of changes and the consequences of change may bring unexpected rewards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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