THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
by Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
synopsis
A family of herders in Mongolia's Gobi desert face a crisis when a mother camel rejects her newborn calf after a particularly difficult birth. Without it's mother's milk, the little camel will not survive. So, in accordance with an ancient ritual, a musician is summoned from a far-off village to perform a ceremony that is meant to coax the mother into nursing her baby. Apart from reuniting parent with child, legend has it that the ritual has the miraculous side effect of causing the mother to weep.
international title: | The Story of the Weeping Camel |
original title: | Die Gesischte von der weinenden Kamel |
country: | Germany, Mongolia |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni |
film run: | 87' |
screenplay: | Byambasuren Davaa, Batbayar Davgadorj, Luigi Falorni |
cast: | Uuganbaatar Ikhbayar, Guntbaatar Ikhbayar, Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam, Ikhbayar Amgaabazar, Odgerel Ayusch |
cinematography by: | Luigi Falorni |
film editing: | Anja Pohl |
art director: | Mendbayar Pol |
costumes designer: | Unorjargal Amgaabazar |
music: | Marcel Leniz, Marc Riedinger, Choigiw Sangidorj |
producer: | Tobias Siebert |
production: | Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF), BR Bayerischer Rundfunk |
distributor: | Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh, ARP Selection (FR), Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (CZ), Filmtrade (GR) |