Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (2003)
Tagline:
« Some fairy tales are true… some legends are real. »
Actors:
Janchiv
Chimed
Amgaa
Zevel
Ikchee
Rating:
(6’598 votes)
(6’598 votes)
Quotes:
« Ugna: Dad, don't we want to buy a tv? it's wonderful.
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« Amgaa: What do you want to do with this devil? You don't need that. You'd spend the whole day watching the glass images. That's no good.
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[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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« Amgaa: May your humps grow straight and your hooves grow strong.
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Trailer:
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Runtime:93 minutes
Plots:
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.
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.
In the spring of the Gobi Desert, in South Mongolia, a nomadic family of shepherds has troubles when one camel has a tough two days delivery, immediately rejecting the offspring. The family unsuccessfully uses their best efforts trying to force the female to accept and feed the newborn. When there is no further hope of saving the animal, they send their two sons to bring a musician from the nearest town to perform a ritual and save the “baby camel”.
