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Cave Of The Yellow Dog
2005
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 |
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| 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 | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | Mongolian |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Sep 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Wholesomely organic cinema... free from the artificial colourings most mainstream movies are pumped full of these days
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Mongolian-born, German-trained and financed director Byambasuren Davaas follow-up to The Story of the Weeping... read more on Time Out
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30 out of 35 people found this review helpful
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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.
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Mongolian nomads
The makers of The Story of the Weeping Camel have broken three cardinal rules here: never work with children, animals or Mongolian nomads (OK, I made that last one up). This film, with very little in the way of a structured plot, tells the simple tale of a family of nomads living on the Mongolian Steppes. Their young daughter finds a stray puppy and adopts it, much to the disapproval of the pragmatic father. The story has been done many times before (The Yearling and Old Yeller spring to mind), but the setting really makes this memorable. It’s fascinating to watch a dying culture, with scenes of farming, cooking and one particularly memorable sequence where the family (literally) moves house. The fact that the filmmakers used a real family, albeit in imaginary scenarios, also adds to the authenticity. This is certainly recommended, especially if you want something a little different, although I suspect that children might find it a bit on the slow side.
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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 ...
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