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DIE HOHLE DES GELBEN HUNDES
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The Cave of the Yellow Dog |
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Byambasuren Davaa
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| Nansal (6 years old), 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
he could bring bad luck and demands that she immediately get
rid of him. Despite her fatheräs orders, she keeps the puppy
and tries to hide him. 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 familyäs baby boy from a flock of threatening vultures does
the father accept him and Welcomes him into their family. The
Cave of the Yellow Dog tells the story of the age-old bond between
man and dog, a bond which experiences a new twist through the
eternal cycle of reincarnation in Mongolia. . |
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Screenplay Byambasuren Davaa
Photography (colour) Daniel Schoenauer
Editing Sarah Clara Weber
ICast Batchuluun Urjindorj, Buyandulam Daramdadi Batchuluun, Nansal Batchuluun, Nansalmaa Batchuluun
Production Schesch Filmproduktion
Year of production 2005
Running time 93'
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Byambasuren Davaa
She was born in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) in 1971. From 1989 until 1994 she worked as an assistant director and hostess in Mongolian public TV. She entered the Mongolian Film School in 1995 and has, since 1999, been attending classes at the Munich Film School where she is learning documentary technique. She has made a number of documentaries, among which The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003), screened with great success at festivals throughout the world and nominated for one Oscar. The Cave of the Yellow Dog is her thesis project.
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