--- product_id: 57341835 title: "The Story of the Weeping Camel [DVD] [2017]" brand: "janchiv ayurzanachimed ohinbyambasuren davaaluigi falorni" price: "KD 9.96" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/57341835-the-story-of-the-weeping-camel-dvd-2017 store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # The Story of the Weeping Camel [DVD] [2017] **Brand:** janchiv ayurzanachimed ohinbyambasuren davaaluigi falorni **Price:** KD 9.96 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Story of the Weeping Camel [DVD] [2017] by janchiv ayurzanachimed ohinbyambasuren davaaluigi falorni - **How much does it cost?** KD 9.96 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/57341835-the-story-of-the-weeping-camel-dvd-2017) ## Best For - janchiv ayurzanachimed ohinbyambasuren davaaluigi falorni enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted janchiv ayurzanachimed ohinbyambasuren davaaluigi falorni brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Documentary intercut with tender narrative drama set in the Gobi desert in Mongolia. When a camel gives birth to a rare white camel colt, the difficult and protracted delivery leads to problems: the mother rejects her baby and refuses him her milk or bodily warmth. This turn of events spells disaster for the nomadic family to whom the camels belong, and they send their two sons off to the nearest town (some 30 miles away, on camels across the desert) to find a musician who can perform the ancient 'Hoos' ceremony that will reconcile the mother with her son. The film won the 2003 European Film Award for Best Documentary. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B001NV77UQ | | Best Sellers Rank | #460,116 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #365,313 in DVD | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (347) | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Media Format | PAL | | Number of discs | 1 | | Package Dimensions | 7.64 x 5.79 x 0.59 inches; 2.79 ounces | | Release date | January 29, 2008 | | Run time | 1 hour and 31 minutes | | Studio | Twentieth Century Fox | ## Product Details - **Color:** Color - **Format:** PAL - **Language:** Mongolian - **Number Of Discs:** 1 - **Runtime:** 1 hour and 31 minutes ## Images ![The Story of the Weeping Camel [DVD] [2017] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71IJgkYGMYL.jpg) ![The Story of the Weeping Camel [DVD] [2017] - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71kobC1D7OL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simply stupendous! *by P***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 February 2005* A couple of positive reviews kindled a desire to try this little film out. After it became apparent that it wasn't going to appear too soon in any local rental establishment, I took the plunge and ordered the disk. This turns out to have been one of my very best DVD acquisitions - and if you get a copy, you'll be delighted to own it, too.My wife was reading when I first put it on: this was actually my strategy to avoid getting blamed if, on telling her to watch it, it turned out as obscure or inaccessible as it might at first sound. She did actually ask what I was going to watch as I loaded it."Er, it's a little film about some Mongolian herders in the Gobi Desert and their camels, Dear..." I offered sheepishly (and not inappropriately)."...right..." she hemmed, returning to her book. The film started.As the credits rolled some time later, I turned from my riveted position facing the TV. My wife was staring wide-eyed at the screen, a huge smile on her face, moisture in her eyes."That was absolutely fantastic!" she exclaimed.It is. Far more beautiful than any of your over-hyped Crouching Dragons, or whatever - deliriously so, in fact, and all the more exquisite for being so real. Simple and exotic at the same time, The Weeping Camel establishes how utterly alien we all are and, at the same time, how very, very similar.It begins with astonishing, eyeball-searing landscape and lifestyle shots that look like Luke Skywalker's home planet, with creatures from Hoth imported from the sequel (were they Bantus?). The desert looks and sounds bleak, wild, glowing and glorious. Its inhabitants (and their clothes, their habitat, their food, their songs) are both ordinary and inexpressibly glamorous.Not too many minutes in, though, and you realise that this family is just like us; only more in tune with the humans and animals with whom they cohabit. Although the central tragi-comedy is that of the abandoned calf, the story is very much about how the people live and where they might go (the young lads are campaigning for a television when they aren't crossing the desert to fetch batteries and a violinist) - and, ultimately, about the poetic, magical, musical treatment the family finds for its ailing fellow-creatures. The depiction of the forsaken calf's plight is as poignant as the very best of Disney (and actually far less manipulative). The resolution: well, you need to see and hear it for yourselves. You won't regret it.It really is a gorgeous piece of work. And what a nice technical surprise for us, too. Having treated ourselves to digital widescreen and fab surround-sound in the Christmas aftermath, we were busy going through the spectacular back-catalogue (Gladiator, Star Wars, West Side Story and others) to "justify" the home cinema spend. Guess what! It's the Weeping Camel that makes the best sense of giving cinematic craftsmanship maximum domestic reproduction: the pictures - of a landscape with little intrinsic variation - are endlessly gorgeous. The soundscape is just awesome: the unending wind, the interior acoustics, the cries of the animals, Odgoo's (the mother's) song to her sleep-creaky daughter, the music (including violin-strings played, Aeolian Harp-style, by the wind through a beast's fur) - utterly brilliant. Inside the tent with the family, the recording is so true that the dogs and goats sounded as if they were outside the room in which we were watching (itself also swept by that constant, fluting, roaring, raucous wind).Everything you see and hear, everything that happens - you wonder (and rejoice) at how such artists were there with perfectly-placed cameras and mikes to help us look, listen and share. Such a simple little film, such stupendous cinema!You've probably gathered that I can't recommend this highly enough. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Magical *by A***A on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2022* One of the best. Extraordinary, utterly absorbing, and true. Strongly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful Stuff *by N***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2013* This amazing film takes us to the edges of Mongolia's Gobi desert, where an extended family of four generations pasture sheep, goats, and camels. One female camel fails to bond with her new child, thus giving cause for a ritual to take place that results in the camel weeping and then suckling its calf.Drama or documentary? Well, a bit of both, but mostly the latter. Working with real herders in their real homes and with their real animals, the film does not hide its attempts to create a drama: it is clear that some of the stilted dialogue between family members has been rehearsed, and when the great-grandfather tells the children the story of how the camel was given one attribute each from all the twelve animals of the zodiac, one child complains that they already know that story and asks could great-grandfather not tell another instead.The film is also of interest for showing how the modern world is intruding into the traditional nomadic lifestyles of the herders: thus we see four-by-fours, electricity, TV, motorbikes, even western-style school uniforms appearing on the fringes of the Gobi desert. There's a clock on the wall of one of the yurts, and Aerial washing-powder available in the shop of the nearest town.But the greatest interest - and mystery - surrounds the Hoos ritual itself, powerfully making manifest the animalistic power of music. Assuming it to be genuine, how does the laying of the instrument over the camel's hump - resulting in a resonance caused by either the wind or the animal's own breathing - allied with the subsequent playing of the instrument accompanied by singing affect the camel-mother so deeply as to completely transform her attitude to her calf?Powerful stuff, but alas there are no extras on this DVD to provide any answers. All that we are given is a photo gallery and fifteen minutes of unnarrated and unstructured behind-the scenes footage. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/57341835-the-story-of-the-weeping-camel-dvd-2017](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/57341835-the-story-of-the-weeping-camel-dvd-2017) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*