Big Animal
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet. As the man and his new companion take their daily walks in the village, neighbors are drawn to the odd sight and approach him about riding the camel or using it for any number of purposes. He declines to exploit or capitalize on the friendly animal, and is met with barely veiled hostility. In time, the camel becomes a burden on both the town and the man, who's edged out of community affairs and lives on shaky ground with his wife.
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Released
- 2000
- Country
- Poland
Details
Release year: 2000
Storyline
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet. As the man and his new companion take their daily walks in the village, neighbors are drawn to the odd sight and approach him about riding the camel or using it for any number of purposes. He declines to exploit or capitalize on the friendly animal, and is met with barely veiled hostility. In time, the camel becomes a burden on both the town and the man, who's edged out of community affairs and lives on shaky ground with his wife.
Top credits
Jerzy Stuhr — Zygmunt Sawicki
Anna Dymna — Marysia Sawicka- Dominika Bednarczyk — Bank Clerk
- Blazej Wójcik — Bank Clerk
Did you know
• Director/star Jerzy Stuhr provides the camel's singing "voice", post-dubbing in his own electronically manipulated vocal recordings (rather than commanding the animal to make sounds on the set).
• Directed by actor Jerzy Stuhr from a script by the late filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski (whose professional relationship with Stuhr dated back to the 1970s), after Kieslowski's death in 1996.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $3,733
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $3,733 (2004-02-22)
User reviews
Ship of the desert a long way from home
symbolism at its peak
A good metaphor for the Communist times in Poland
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White, Color
