The Story of the Weeping Camel
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Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings
- Starring: Amgaabazar Gonson, Chimed Ohin, Janchiv Ayurzana
- Summary:
- Director: Byambasuren Davaa
- Genre(s): Drama, Family, Documentary
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Positive: 28 out of 30
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Mixed: 2 out of 30
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100Blurring all the lines between fiction and documentary, this gentle and amusing movie blends real, unrehearsed material with delightful storytelling scenes.
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80The family's few lines of dialogue are so integral to advancing the story that they may well have been scripted, but it's not that important whether The Story Of The Weeping Camel is more fiction than objective ethnography. If anything, the contrast between what's real and what may have been faked only adds to the tension between the natural world and encroaching modernism.
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80What makes this such an affecting picture is the contrast between the wonderfully aloof camels and the interdependence of the extended family, whose smiling resilience only hints at the harshness of an existence that has changed little in centuries.
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60Davaa and Falorni's film does suggest that camels have inner lives as rich and complicated as the human beings with whom they live in such intimate proximity. But they're also wholly camels, matted, goopy-eyed, gritty with sand and quick to knee an adorable calf in the snout when its demands become annoying.
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Positive: 20 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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UtkuI.10Absolutely perfect.
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Jim&DonnaB.10
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ThanhS.10We need more beautiful films like this one, among this bleak world!
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JudyG.10
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