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Cave Of The Yellow Dog Details

2005 Certificate U
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The oldest daughter of a Mongolian nomad family finds a small dog one day while out in the fields. When she brings him home, her father is afraid he could bring bad luck and demands that she immediately get rid of him. Despite her father's orders, she keeps the puppy and tries to hide him from her skeptical father. When the .. Read more

Starring Babbayar Batchuluun, Nansal Batchuluun, Nansalmaa Batchuluun, Buyandulam Daramdadi
Director Byambasuren Davaa
Genres Drama

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Cave Of The Yellow Dog

The oldest daughter of a Mongolian nomad family finds a small dog one day while out in the fields. When she brings him home, her father is afraid he could bring bad luck and demands that she immediately get rid of him. Despite her father's orders, she keeps the puppy and tries to hide him from her skeptical father. When the family uproots to move to another camp, the father leaves the puppy behind, tied up to a post. Only when the dog proves himself to the father by protecting the family's baby boy from a flock of threatening vultures does the father accept him and welcome him into their family.

Starring Babbayar Batchuluun, Nansal Batchuluun, Nansalmaa Batchuluun, Buyandulam Daramdadi
Director Byambasuren Davaa
Studio PALISADES TARTAN
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Drama
Language DVD: Mongolian
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 25 Sep 2006
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Cave Of The Yellow Dog

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  • Wholesomely organic cinema... free from the artificial colourings most mainstream movies are pumped full of these days

    • Sunday Telegraph
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

  • Mongolian-born, German-trained and financed director Byambasuren Davaas follow-up to The Story of the Weeping... read more on Time Out

    • Nick Funnell, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 31 out of 37 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Why did I choose this DVD?

    I really cannot believe I ordered this. The language is Chinese and subtitled in English. A story about a nomadic family. The story went nowhere and was of little interest to me.

      • A customer from Lancashire
      • Posted 25 Sep 2007 17:48

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Beautiful...

    snapshot of Mongolian Nomadic life. Well worth a watch.

      • A customer from Norfolk
      • Posted 14 Aug 2006 09:40

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