Soul on a String (2016)

Original title

皮绳上的魂

Directed by

Zhang Yang

Genre

adventure film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 22m

Rated

18A

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man carries a leather cord with knots that hold the souls of his ancestors. He travels across the Tibetan plateau on a pilgrimage to Lhasa. The film follows his encounters and the stories tied to those knots.

meditativecontemplativeslow-burnintrospectiveatmosphericspiritualjourney-likeearthy

What happens

Soul on a String (Tibetan: རྒྱུད་སྐུད་སྟེང་གི་རྣམ་ཤེས) is a 2016 Chinese Tibetan-language adventure film directed by Zhang Yang and co-written by Zhang Yang and Tashi Dawa, based on Tashi Dawa's short stories "Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord" and "On the Road to Lhasa" (去拉萨的路上). It stars Kimba, Choenyi Tsering, Siano Dudiom Zahi, and Yixi Danzeng. The film premiered at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, and opened in China on August 18, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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