Documentaries in other languages often seem more like conventional narrative films, because the unfamiliarity of the vocal inflections and the necessity of subtitles flattens out the difference ...

In a time when at the multiplex aliens and predators are squaring off and Tom Cruise is running around offing people, calling a film small and charming may seem like damning with faint praise. Not a ...

When you have international success with a film starring a camel, it’s a hard act to follow, but Mongolian filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa, co-director of the Academy Award-nominated “The Story of the ...

If there's a film that will please adults and children more than the charming new picture, "The Story of the Weeping Camel," we'd like to know about it. {image1}Who says there are no movies out there ...

“The Story of the Weeping Camel” is about a family of nomadic camel herders in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert who must marshal all their resources to ensure that a young camel doesn’t die after his mother ...

Co-directors Davaa, a native of Mongolia, and Falorni, a native of Italy, made the film as their thesis project while enrolled at the Munich Film School. Menemsha Films took notice of the feature ...

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD by people who have encountered either the poster, the newspaper ad or the trailer for "The Story of the Weeping Camel," all of which feature adorable close-ups of -- no surprise ...

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We all know that camel movies are a dime a dozen. Seen one camel movie, you’ve seen ‘em all, as the familiar Hollywood saying has it. Nevertheless, despite all the camel movies crowding the ...

The Story of the Weeping Camel is the tale of a multi-generational family that lives in the deserts of Mongolia with a large herd of goats and camels. It’s springtime, and the camels are giving birth.

In a middle-of-nowhere area on the fringe of the Gobi Desert (an isolated place that seems to exist outside of time), a nomadic family of shepherds lives a simple, difficult life. The relationship ...

f you’ve never seen the oddly beautiful springtime of the Gobi Desert or the mildly nauseating glisten of a newly born camel, “The Story of the Weeping Camel” can guarantee at least two new pleasures.