Redundant and unnecessary.

Admirable film.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

A family of nomadic herdsmen lives traditionally in South Mongolia. The last calf born to their camel herd is especially difficult. The colt is white and rejected by his mother. The family sends the two young sons to find a musician who could coax the mother back to her offspring.This is an interesting slice of a traditional lifestyle. The movie starts with no tension. It's questionable what the story is about for a long stretch in the beginning. There is also the question of how real the story is. This feels like a fable trying to be a documentary. It's not my preference but it's not a major problem. It's fascinating but ultimately the style lacks any tension.

Do camels really weep? It's just too much to believe that this camel was weeping because she had finally overcome her trauma about rejecting her child and now her heart was opened and she was crying with happiness over feeling like a mother again and being united with her child. It would take a lot to convince me that this part actually happens. But still, I wonder if camels ever weep at all and, if so, what does make them weep?Bactrian camels, weren't they?I really appreciate the perspective given here by the person who speaks Mongolian.

I almost feel I should give this film a higher rating, but it was just average. I liked a lot of aspects of it, especially as a documentary without the voice-over telling us what we are supposed to think and know. However, it just didn't work for me. I don't know if it was too slow or the story was not compelling enough. The story was slightly interesting, watching the people involved was obviously the aim and the story of the mother camel and her calf was almost a distraction.. Watching people who have access to an odd hodgepodge of technology was interesting, but I think they should have done two documentaries here and both would have probably been better.

This is a fantastic movie.I smiled and cried all the way through this film.The colors.The pictures.Not many words.Very meditative and uplifting.I have it on DVD and I can watch it again and again.The story is simple and touching.The camel mother refuse to take care of its baby and leave it when it tries to suck milk.After several days of trying different things the owners of the camel a Mongolian family realize that the baby camel wont survive if they don't do something very soon.So they sent out two of the youngest boys of the family to a town for help and for some batteries for their transistor radio.I can really recommend this film.