The Story of the Weeping Camel

Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel

Germany, Mongolia

2003

87 Min

Color

1.85:1

Mongolian

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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DIR Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa

SCR Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa

CAST Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam, Ikhbayar Amgaabazar, Odgerel Ayusch, Enkhbulgan Ikhbayar, Uuganbaatar Ikhbayar, Guntbaatar Ikhbayar, Munkhbayar Lhagvaa, Ariunjargal Adiya, Dogo Roljav, Chuluunzezeg Gur

SOUND Marc Meusinger, Ansgar Frerich, Tatjana Jakob, Hans-Dieter Desinger

Vancouver, Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, Toronto, San Francisco: FIPRESCI Prize

Synopsis

The Story of the Weeping Camel is an enchanting film that follows the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia’s Gobi region who face a crisis when the mother camel unexpectedly rejects her newborn calf after a particularly difficult birth. Uniquely composed of equal parts reality, drama, and magic, this film is a window into a different way of life and the universal terrain of the heart. –National Geographic Society

Director

Luigi Falorni

Luigi Falorni was born in 1971 in Florence/Italy. From 1991-1992, he attended the Film Directing class of the Cooperative Schermobianco in Florence, graduating with the feature La Gabbia di Gesso (1992). He then studied at the University of Television & Film (HFF/M) in Munich from 1994 until 2003, graduating with the highly-acclaimed film The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel, 2003, in co-direction with Byambasuren Davaa). Also active as a screenwriter and cinematographer, his other films as a director include: Impasse (documentary short, 1995), Fools and Heroes (documentary, 1998), Dichtung und Wahrheit (short, 1999), and Heart of Fire (Feuerherz, 2008). —german films

Byambasuren Davaa

Byambasuren Davaa was born in 1971 in Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia. From 1989 to 1994 she worked as a speaker and assistant director for Mongolia\’s Public TV. From 1995 to 1998 she attended the Film Academy in Ulaanbaatar, followed by studies at Munich’s University of Television & Film (HFF/M) in the documentary department. Her films include: One World, Two Economies (1993), Das orange Pferd (1999), Wunsch (2001), _Unterwegs, Portrait of a Girl _(2003), The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel, 2003) which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Documentary Feature, The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Die Hoehle des gelben Hundes, 2005), and The Two Horses of Genghis Khan (Die zwei Pferde des Dschingis Khan, 2009). —german films