CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG - 2005
RATED - G
RATINGS - 12 Amazon (5/5), 783 IMDB (7.4/10), 16,783 Netflix (3.8/5)
AWARDS - 5 WINS at various Film Festivals.
STARRING - The Batchuluun family - a real life Mongolian family. Directed by Academy Award nomimee Byambasurem Davaa (THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL).
THEMES - Family, relationships, love and perseverance.
STORY - First of all, this is not an action packed adventure film. It is a film about the real life struggles of living as nomadic herders in Mongolia. It is about struggling to maintain a life style and way of living that is dying and forcing many to seek employment in the cities. It is about a child who finds a dog and manages to keep it over her parents' objections. Much of what happens takes place in real time and it has the feel of a docudrama. The actors are real people who actually live as they do in the movie. The beauty of the film is in the details as you watch how they go about their daily life making and doing things most of us take for granted with all our modern appliances and conveniences. Like the little wind powered generator that allows them to have a little electricity for periods of time to have a light on at night. Like when their herd has eaten all the grass and they must take their 'home' apart piece by piece and pack it into five ox-drawn wooden carts to find better pastures. The scenery is spectacular and at times you almost wish you could leave our modern culture and trade places. This is a gentle film about people of another world and culture who have learned to accept what nature brings their way on a daily basis and make the best of it. Take a deep breath, sit back, relax and enjoy this one. Lu G. for Lu's Reviews. 03/08/2008.
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