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Mongolia10 Essential Films from MongoliaStop 7 of 10
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Шар нохойн там
A little nomad girl living with her herding family on the Mongolian steppe finds a stray puppy and grows devoted to it, despite her father's insistence that it must go. A tender, near-documentary portrait of a vanishing way of life.
Why it’s here
Byambasuren Davaa’s intimate family story joins a child-and-dog narrative to close observation of nomadic work, belief, landscape, and generational change.
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Mood
- thoughtful · dreamlike
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- shorter watch