The Weeping Camel is a movie based in the Mongolia 's Gobi desert about a newborn camel which belongs to a group of nomadic shepherds. The group are a tight knit family who work together to complete their daily lifestyles. Camels are an important part to their lifestyles using them for milk, fur and also breeding them. When one of the camels give birth to a white calf, the shepherds are intrigued by this as it is a rare occurrence for a white calf to be born. As the young calf begins its life, the shepherds watch as the Colt is rejected by its mother. They come to realise that due to the difficult delivery when the Colt was born, the mother refuses to nurse the young camel. The shepherds know that if the mother continues to reject the Colt, it will slowly die as without its mother milk it will die. To try saves the Colt life, the …show more content…
It shows to never give up on making sure that everyone appreciate the importance of family even if you don 't always agree and get along. To never give up is also shown as the family continue to try and get the mother camel to except the Colt.
Before watching the movie The Weeping Camel, I was expecting it to be a movie about nomadic shepherds lifestyle and how camels are an important part to their lifestyle. As the title of the movie is The Weeping Camel, I was also expecting the movie to be about a camel who is having troubles causing it to weep. I was interested to learn about the culture and what rituals they use on a daily basis.
The plot is an easy and believable storyline to follow. It is set out in a usual movie structure; the Setup, the Confrontation and the Resolution. Although the movie is more like a documentary, it makes it easier to understand the storyline whilst still making it interesting for the viewers. The movie is more believable compared to other movies as it is based in a true story and based around a family who actually lives the way it is shown in the