This is an amazing documentary! It's very real, very authentic, and gives the viewer an intimate look into the lives of a Mongolian family, four generations, living on the edge of the Gobi desert, deriving life and existence from their animals, camels, sheep and goats. Although they seem primitive to us, they are very creative and accomplished in the task of survival in a very bare and isolated area. We see their close attachment to and understanding of their animals, and they take very seriously the difficult birth and later rejection of a white newborn by the brown mother. In nature, sometimes for obscure Darwinian reasons, the mother sometimes rejects the newborn offspring. Maybe it was the difficult and prolonged birth. Maybe it was the unusual white color of the colt.
The family tries every which way to get the mother to suckle the colt, but they are unsuccessful. They try ritual prayers. Finally they try a time-tested remedy, and that is a melody, more specifically, music from a medical musician, a particular specialist with the violin. Sure enough, after requesting the 'consultation,' the violinist comes with the indigenous violin, a primitive-looking two stringed instrument, but it produces soothing and mesmerizing music! This, together with the whole large family watching, the beautiful young woman stroking and singing, brings about the desired result. The mother is actually weeping and allowing its offspring to suckle! It seems like a miracle, but also very natural. How did the Mongolian family come to this wisdom?
We cannot help but identify as human beings, with some mothers rejecting their babies. Sometimes healing interventions bring about rapproachment. Sometimes it is an extended family and sometimes it is therapy. Psychotherapists have something to learn from watching this extraordinary film closely and deeply. What we see is something at the core of the human condition. This documentary will be understood by bright children as well as perceptive and intelligent adults.
The family tries every which way to get the mother to suckle the colt, but they are unsuccessful. They try ritual prayers. Finally they try a time-tested remedy, and that is a melody, more specifically, music from a medical musician, a particular specialist with the violin. Sure enough, after requesting the 'consultation,' the violinist comes with the indigenous violin, a primitive-looking two stringed instrument, but it produces soothing and mesmerizing music! This, together with the whole large family watching, the beautiful young woman stroking and singing, brings about the desired result. The mother is actually weeping and allowing its offspring to suckle! It seems like a miracle, but also very natural. How did the Mongolian family come to this wisdom?
We cannot help but identify as human beings, with some mothers rejecting their babies. Sometimes healing interventions bring about rapproachment. Sometimes it is an extended family and sometimes it is therapy. Psychotherapists have something to learn from watching this extraordinary film closely and deeply. What we see is something at the core of the human condition. This documentary will be understood by bright children as well as perceptive and intelligent adults.