When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
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Janchiv Ayurzana | ... | Janchiv |
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Chimed Ohin | ... | Chimed |
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Amgaabazar Gonson | ... | Amgaa |
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Zeveljamz Nyam | ... | Zevel |
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Ikhbayar Amgaabazar | ... | Ikchee |
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Odgerel Ayusch | ... | Odgoo |
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Enkhbulgan Ikhbayar | ... | Dude |
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Uuganbaatar Ikhbayar | ... | Ugna |
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Guntbaatar Ikhbayar | ... | Guntee |
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Munkhbayar Lhagvaa | ... | Munkbayar, violin teacher |
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Ariunjargal Adiya | ... | Teacher's Assistant |
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Dogo Roljav | ... | Relative Aimak I |
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Chuluunzezeg Gur | ... | Relative Aimak II |
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Botok | ... | Baby Camel |
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Ingen Tenne | ... | Mother Camel |
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Springtime in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. A family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. One of the camels has an excruciatingly difficult delivery but, with help from the family, out comes a rare white colt. Despite the efforts of the shepherds, the mother rejects the newborn, refusing it her milk and her motherly love. When any hope for the little one seems to have vanished, the nomads send their two young boys on a journey through the desert, to a a backwater town in search of a musician who is their only hope for saving the colt's life. Written by TNS
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MongolianRelease Date:
16 July 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$21,767, 6 June 2004Gross USA:
$1,763,052Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$9,328,652Company Credits
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Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern See more »
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Janchiv: Now my children I'll tell you the story of the weeping camel. Many years ago, God gave antlers to the camel as a reward for the goodness of its heart. But one day a rogue deer came and asked the camel to lend him his antlers. He wanted to adorn himself with them for a celebration in the west. The camel trusted the deer and gave him his antlers, but the deer never brought them back. Since then the camels keep gazing at the horizon and still await the deer's return.
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Official submission of Mongolia for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Janchiv: Now my children I'll tell you the story of the weeping camel. Many years ago, God gave antlers to the camel as a reward for the goodness of its heart. But one day a rogue deer came and asked the camel to lend him his antlers. He wanted to adorn himself with them for a celebration in the west. The camel trusted the deer and gave him his antlers, but the deer never brought them back. Since then the camels keep gazing at the horizon and still await the deer's return.
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In Mongolia in the Gobi desert a four-generation family of herders lives a tough, plain life. One of their camels gives birth but refuses to accept the calf. They care for the calf, try to hand-feed it, and decide to send for a player of music. The belief is that the music may make the camel accept the calf, and if it does the camel will weep.
The movie is classified as a documentary, but it is much more the story of the ways of this particular family, how they live, how they raise their small children, how the experience of the grandparents is used, how they care for their herds. Customs and rituals provide comfort. Electricity, television, ice cream provide temptations, but are more or less accepted as expensive facts of life which they aren't particularly tempted by. The actors all appear to be nonprofessionals.
This is the kind of movie you have to let yourself accept for what it is...a gentle, unobtrusive look at a way of life far different from ours. Well worth seeing.