"A stunningly beautiful docudrama about a nomadic family and a thoroughly adorable little dog, The Cave of the Yellow Dog is the latest film from Mongolian-born director Byambasuren Davaa, who made the Oscar-nominated Story of the Weeping Camel. It's not a picture with tremendous drama, and the entirely nonprofessional cast is sometimes a little stiff, but on sheer charm, intimacy and the pictorial wonder of its setting in the wide-open Mongolian grasslands, it's one of the family pictures of the year. As the indomitable heroine who holds on to her beloved pooch in spite of her father's initial hostility, little Nansal Batchuluun is cuteness personified." (Salon.com) more at www.caveoftheyellowdog.com
2006, color, 1 hour 33 minutes, Mongolia/Germany