Underplayed Gems

The Sun Beaten Path (2011)

The Sun Beaten Path poster
Original title
དབུས་ལམ་གྱི་ཉི་མ་།
Directed by
Sonthar Gyal
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young farmer returns from a pilgrimage to Lhasa. He is weighed down by guilt and grief because a road accident he caused killed his mother.

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What happens

The Sun-Beaten Path is a 2011 Tibetan film directed by Sonthar Gyal. The film won the Dragons & Tigers Award at the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival. The film narrates the life of a grieving and guilt-ridden young farmer returning from a pilgrimage to Lhasa, after causing his mother's death in a tragic road accident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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