The Story of the Weeping Camel |
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cert U, 91 minutes. £ 5.00 |
' A gem like The Story Of The Weeping Camel has all the qualities to melt the hardest heart, and become a cult item for adult and student audiences alike.' - Screen International Some story tales are true, some legends are real. An enchanting tale uniquely comprised of equal parts reality, drama, and magic, The Story of the Weeping Camel follows the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia's Gobi desert who face a crisis when a mother camel rejects her calf after a particularly difficult birth. Without it's mothers 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 a miraculous side effect of causing the mother to weep. Exploring a distant and exotic culture in which tradition, myth and family unity (human and animal) are essential elements of daily life. The story of the weeping camel is a window into a different way of life and the universal terrain of the heart. As the popularity of Winged Migration and Whale Rider has demonstrated, films which return to nature, tradition and the potential simplicity of existence are proving a tonic to western audiences plagued by the anxieties of contemporary life on a local and global level. |
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