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OLD DOG

KHYI RGAN

By Pema TSEDEN

Drama - Completed 2011

An aging Tibetan herder decides to kill his old dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market.

Tokyo FILMeX 2011

Official Selection - Grand Prize

Hong Kong International Film Festival 2011

Golden DV Award

BFI London FF 2011

Taipei Film Festival 2011

Official Selection

Mumbai Film Festival 2011

Official Selection

Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2012

Official Selection - Best Asian FIlm

Slamdance Film Festival 2012

Official Selection & Special Screening

Vancouver International Film Festival 2012

Official Selection

- Year of production
- 2011
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- CHINA
- Budget
- N/A
- Duration
- 88 mn
- Director(s)
- Pema TSEDEN
- Writer(s)
- Pema TSEDEN
- Cast
- Chokyong GYAL, Drolma KYAB, Lochey , Tamdrin TSO, Yanbum GYAL
- Producer(s)
- Pema TSEDEN, Zhang XIANMIN
- Synopsis
- In Old Dog, directed by Pema Tseden, the leading voice of the Tibetan New Wave, a family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price. The Tibetan nomad mastiff is an exotic prize dog in China, potentially fetching millions of dollars from wealthy Chinese buyers. When a young man named Gonpo notices several thefts of mastiffs from Tibetan farm families, he decides to sell his families dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market. His father, an aging Tibetan herder, is furious when he discovers the dog missing. He sets off to buy the dog back, sparking a series of events that threaten to tear the family apart. Weaving together narrative strands of humor and gravity, Old Dog beautifully depicts life among the rural Tibetan people and the erosion of Tibetan culture under the pressures of contemporary society.