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Jinpa (2018)

Jinpa poster
Original title
ལག་དམར།
Directed by
Pema Tseden
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A truck driver picks up a hitchhiker who shares his name. They travel across the Tibetan plateau together.

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What happens

Jinpa is a 2018 Chinese Tibetan-language film written and directed by Pema Tseden. The screenplay is based on the novels The Slayer by Tsering Norbu and I Ran Over a Sheep by Pema. It made its world premiere and won Best Screenplay in the Horizons section at the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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