edward dardis The hyperbole over this film is really over the top. I found it a bit tedious- it took two nights to watch it, and the last night I used the fast forward as I watched it on DVD.There is no conflict, no drama, no character development. Just the scenery and a look at their way of life. And animal husbandry is certainly at the center of their life. Would be a nice film to watch with kids.A much better film, IMHO, is Himalaya or Caravan, from 1999 and I will quote from someones IMDb review: The French director, Eric Valli, made this incredible film( nominated for Academy Award as Best Foreign Film in 2000) in the Dolpo region of northwestern Nepal on the Tibetan border using native people instead of professional actors. It is a fictional account of how those people actually live there in extreme isolation and is documentary in the sense that it records a way of life which will gradually disappear as more modern influence comes to the area as it has in so much of Nepal. The filming is extraordinary, the scenery is spectacular, the action is lifelike, the characters are real and the mysterious music is intriguing.So in some ways very similar to Weeping Camel, but with more drama, a real conflict to be resolved, better acting, yet also a great film you could watch with kids.

mmunier Perhaps one year ago I saw this film in Sydney at an independent theater (Where else)! I did enjoy it very much since I spent my early life in rural area then my early working life in small dairy-farms that today would also be obsolete. The reason I mention this is because I just watched "the cave of the yellow dog" and to me it resemble very much as a sequel to "weeping camel". If you like one I really think you should not miss the other. Well written comments I'm sure have told you what it's all about and I can't imagine anyone seeing spoiler in being told what it is. Just this the life in nomadic Mongolia a life that has its days counted, but a beautiful though hard life. I'm sorry that one comment suspected some ulterior agenda in the making of these films such as tourism promotion and I would find it hard to argue with its author who claims to be Mongol and have no reason to doubt he is. He thought the translation was somehow manipulative, at least that's what I understood. This is always a problem when one knows more than what is expected. Just the same as those with knowledge of how movies and special effect are made, well it's hard for them to enjoy the result. When I see french movies with English subtitles and read the translation I often can see it does not convey, and can not convey the feeling it was intended to convey in the original language. I think there is little that can be done about this. Yet this is also what makes different cultures so attractive and one has to invest a little in some curiosity to understand the subtlety although there is no guaranty to get it 100% right. I think there is no much gain in trying to analyse too much such work, not that it should not be done, simply if you're seeking enjoyment it's there and all you have to do is go with the flow and you will be rewarded. MB

Jessica Carvalho ''Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel'' is told to be a ''documentary'', but I don't get exactly what is the purpose of it. It shows the story of a nomadic family and the troubles they have with a camel and her offspring, since the mother refuses to give maternal love to her baby. And that's it. More then one hour only watching camels, the desert, and part of the nomadic family's life. Don't get me wrong, the cinematography is beautiful and I do enjoy watching different movies from the ones from Hollywood, specially when all the people in this movie were real and not actors, but where is the plot of watching this movie? That's what I don't really get.I found interesting, however,the ritual with music they did for the mother camel accept her baby back. I would love to see a research about that, because I've never heard about music healing an animal's trauma.The movie is not bad, only without purpose.

baumert-1 I was entranced by this movie. When the young camel's mother rejected the baby, which was white and rare, the mother sent these two young boys across the the bare country with only the power line as their guide, to fetch the "fiddler", I had no idea what to expect. Well, they found the fiddler, and he promised to show up in a few days, which he did-on the back of a friend's motorcycle. He took his "fiddle', which looked like a converted cigar box, over to the mama camel, played a few different notes until the camel started humming that same note. The mother leaned in against the camel's side humming the note, and when all were in sync and the mama camel was relaxed, they led the baby camel up to her and she allowed him to nurse. The whole audience in that theater sighed"Awwww". Magical. The final scene was Dad putting up a TV antenna, with the Mom and boys waiting to see the grainy picture. I bought the movie. Happy to sign my name Marilyn Baumert [email protected] 7526 Mtn. Shadow Dr. Riverside, CA, 92509 (909) 685-2919