Jinpa

Jinpa 

original title: Zhuang si le yi zhi yang
dir. Pema Tseden
China 2018, 87’

In Polish theatres and online
from 24th September 2021

watch online on Five Flavours Home VOD

Pema Tseden's Tibetan Trilogy

The theatrical premiere of "Jinpa" is an opportunity to get to know the director's other works. Pema Tseden's Tibetan Trilogy, a program comprised of the director's three most recent films, will be available on Five Flavours VOD from September 24 till October 25.

Apart from "Jinpa," the program includes "Tharlo," a lyrical, black-and-white comedy drama about a shepherd from a mountain hermitage who comes to the city and meets a woman who changes his life. We will also see "Balloon," a fascinating portrait of a regular family whose peaceful existence is overshadowed by the Chinese demographic policy. 

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Film description

It is improbable to meet anybody on the colourless Tibetan plateau Kekexili, the largest and highest situated in the world. So this day is unusual for Jinpa, a solitary driver who conquers the harsh landscape in his truck filled with sounds of “O sole mio” played from a worn-out cassette tape. An eternal hippie in sunglasses always covering his eyes first accidentally kills a sheep and then offers a ride to a lonely wandering traveller. The reticent passenger's name is also Jinpa and before he gets off at the road fork, he reveals that he set off on his journey to kill a man. The driver cannot forget this declaration and decides to follow his mysterious namesake.

Produced by Wong Kar Wai, the film is yet another original triumph for the Tibetan Pema Tseden, whose "Tharlo" won a number of awards at world festivals (including the NETPAC award at the 10th Five Flavours). Built from picturesque frames composed poetically by Lu Songye, "Jinpa" is a mystical meditation on human fate, life and death, infused with soothing melancholy and gentle humour. The film, which features elements of road movie and western, won Best Screenplay award in the Orrizzonti section of Venice Film Festival, where it had its premiere.

Pema Tseden

A Tibetan director, writer and screenwriter, born in 1969. The first Tibetan who completed education in the prestigious Beijing Film Academy. His feature debut, "The Silent Holy Stones", was the first film shot in the Tibetan language, with an all-Tibetan film crew. His films were presented and awarded at numerous international festivals, including Bangkok, Taipei, Locarno, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Venice. He published more than 50 narratives and novels, written both in Tibetan and Mandarin, which were translated into a number of other languages.

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