The Weeping Camel

Going in: The Weeping Camel

a Camel

With a knowledge of Mongolia which mostly dates back to the ancient Mongolian Empire under the Khan's, a look at modern Mongolia sounds slightly intriguing. Below is a map of modern day Mongolia, (greatly reduced from the glory days of Genghis Khan) where the movie was in fact actually shot. It was released in 2003 by the National Geographic film department and appears to have native Mongolian actors acting as Mongolians. If the title of the film has any indication of what is to come I should probably research camels as they comprise half of the title, and by osmosis half of the movie. Camels typically inhabit deserts as they have no predators there and are seemingly designed to live in deserts. Camels can survive large stints of dehydration and rehydrate quite quickly, allowing them to travel from oasis to oasis looking for food. Camels are, like us, omnivores and thusly can eat both meat and vegetation making their monicker of "caravan of the desert" a true statement. And after several strenuous minutes of Google searching "Can camels cry?" this minute old question remains unanswered. And with that I now head into the film, knowing a little more and expecting a little less.

a Map of Mongolia