Story
Recommended from age 10An odyssey based on true events: Thupten, Droma und Kalsang, three children from a Tibetan village, set out with their older companion Sonam for Shenzhen in Southern China. They’re intending to perform as a band on TV. The special thing about their long and difficult journey is that none of them can see.
Director
ZHANG WEI (*1965) is actually a businessman. To live out his creativity, he also studied film direction at the film academy in Peking. Many of his award-winning films take as their subjects the losers in Chinese society.Trailer
Info
Ballad from Tibet
Fiction Feature
Chinese, Tibetan
Michel//FF2017
People's Republic of China
2017
100 min
OV with English subtitles
Zhang Wei
Chu Zheng, Chen Ruirui, Nyida Tsering, Gregory Marquette, Song Qianyi, Zhao Xu, Qin Ying,Li Dan, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhang Wan, Wang Hailan
Lobsang Turpten, Yeshi Choedon, Karma Sangmo, Pama Gumi, Sonam Wangdu, Huang Hao
Zhang Wei
Tang Zhongcai, Hou Peng, Ju Wenyan
Wu Yixiang, Ethan Maniquis, Manuel De Sousa
Peter Golub
Zhao Yu
ShenZhen HuaHao Film & Media Co., Ltd.
Jindra Span, Offbeat cinema: jindra@offbeatcinema.nl