The death of nine sheep at the jaws of a snow leopard incurs the wrath of a sheepherder in Tseden’s occasionally farcical take on small-town moralities as the ideals of ‘law’ and ‘justice’ are challenged.
Stunningly shot in black-and-white, Tseden shows immaculate control over his long take, slow cinema-style as a Tibetan sheep herder becomes stuck in a Kafka-esque scenario making his identity card, but an encounter with a hairdresser suggests the possibility of a new life.
A disappointment by Tibet’s standout filmmaker, whose beautifully-shot picture is a cautionary tale of packing too many themes into one story and losing grasp of its tone.
Continue reading →Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden explores karmic guilt and moral redemption in this slow but compelling arthouse work.
Eternality Tan 