TOKYO FILMeX Competition films

China / 2018 / 86min.
Director: Pema Tseden

Jinpa's long distance truck is speeding across the vast Tibetan plains when he accidentally runs over a sheep. Shortly thereafter, he picks up a young hitchhiker also named Jinpa. Wearing a dagger on his person, the younger Jinpa talks about the intention of his journey. He is seeking revenge against the man who killed his father. Before long, the truck reaches the village where the young man's enemy lives.... The latest film by prominent Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden mixes reality with illusion as it depicts the encounter of two people with the same name. LU Song-ye continues the magnificent cinematography seen in Pema Tseden's previous film "Tharlo". WONG Kar-wai is the producer. Screened at the Venice Film Festival's Orizzonti Section and was awarded the prize for Best Screenplay.