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The cave of the yellow dog (Die höhle des gelben hundes) - Nansal Batchuluun, Nansalmaa Batchuluun, Babbayar Batchuluun, Byambasuren Davaa
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Movie propaganda
Nansal, the oldest daughter of a Mongolian nomad family, finds a small dog one day while out in the fields. When she brings him home, her father is afraid that he could bring bad luck and demands that she immediately get rid of him. Despite her father's orders, she keeps the puppy and tries to hide him from her sceptical father. When the family uproots to move to another camp, the father leaves the puppy behind, tied up to a post. Only when the dog proves himself to the father by protecting the family's baby boy from a flock of threatening vultures does the father accept him into the family.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film Mongolia yurt horse stock childhood pet dog nomad family yoghurt ladle
Persons of interest
- Babbayar Batchuluun .... Son
- Nansal Batchuluun .... Oldest daughter
- Nansalmaa Batchuluun .... Youngest daughter
- Buyandulam Daramdadi .... Mother
- Batchuluun Urjindorj .... Father
- Byambasuren Davaa .... Screenwriter
- Byambasuren Davaa .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- The cave of the yellow dog (Die höhle des gelben hundes) official movie site
- The cave of the yellow dog (Die höhle des gelben hundes) film production notes
- The cave of the yellow dog (Die höhle des gelben hundes) QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Brisbane International Film Festival 2006: Won: FIPRESCI Award
- Hamptons International Film Festival 2005: Won: Golden Starfish Award - Best Narrative Feature Film (Byambasuren Davaa)
- Mar del Plata Film Festival 2005: Screening
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2006: International panorama
- San Sebastián International Film Festival 2005: Won: SIGNIS Award - Special Mention (Byambasuren Davaa)
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
The cave of the yellow dog is a warm and intimate look at life in the yurt. Life is hard but everyone manages to get along. It's an uncomplicated warm-fuzzy with subtitles. Enjoyable and sweet but not rave-worthy.
Security censorship classification
PG (Mild themes)
Surveillance time
93 minutes (1:33 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 21 September 2006
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