Sinister Sinister The Story of the Weeping Camel was the work of film students, but I warn you not to expect the work of amateurs. Because they demonstrate the humbling power of a new wave of director/writers coupled with an exciting new genre.The staggering thematic elements that tour through this movie and the painful point they make, could ask for no better a medium than the Documentary/Drama hybrid used therein. Each scene in this movie displays a drama far more gripping than it's surface appearance and yet it always pulls back giving the viewer a sobering distance to consider.We're set at wondering whether the ills match the pros of Western Culture versus a simpler and more involved life with nature. Whether the desperate need to be connected with our fellow man is more important than being connected with nature. Whether we, as a society, even care about nature at all, at this stage. Whether we care what happens to our next generation and their grapple with the world we left them...

Henry Fields The lifestory of a mongolian family that live devoted to their camels. The camels give them milk, wool, and they're the center of their universe. They're happy with that ancient lifestyle , they don't need TV or electricity, they don't need cars..."The Weeping Camel" is an outstanding documentary that shows things just the way they are. There's not a narrator, so we just see and hear what that family do or say. The landscapes of the Gobi desert are so overwhelming, and Mr. Davaa and his crew have portrayed it with such gentleness. The photography is really something.A nice tribute to those people that live in communion with their animals and with nature. In a matter of speaking they're the last of the mohicans...*My rate: 7/10

Thom-13 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.

Jessica Carvalho ''Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel'' is told to be a ''documentary'', but I don't get exactly what is the purpose of it. It shows the story of a nomadic family and the troubles they have with a camel and her offspring, since the mother refuses to give maternal love to her baby. And that's it. More then one hour only watching camels, the desert, and part of the nomadic family's life. Don't get me wrong, the cinematography is beautiful and I do enjoy watching different movies from the ones from Hollywood, specially when all the people in this movie were real and not actors, but where is the plot of watching this movie? That's what I don't really get.I found interesting, however,the ritual with music they did for the mother camel accept her baby back. I would love to see a research about that, because I've never heard about music healing an animal's trauma.The movie is not bad, only without purpose.