SOUL ON A STRING

PISHENG SHANG DE HUN

By Yang ZHANG

ASIAN SHADOWS - CHINESE SHADOWS - as SALES All rights, World

Western - Completed 2016

After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a deer he just killed, Taibei, a young lonesome Tibetan cowboy, embarks on a long and difficult mission: to bring it back to the holy mountain of Buddha’s handprint.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016
Contemporary World Cinema
Busan - BIFF/APM 2016
A Window on Asian Cinema
Hong Kong Asian FF 2016
Focus Tibet
Chicago IFF 2016
Hawaii FF 2016
Golden Horse FF 2016
Bosphorus IFF 2016
Talinn Black Nights FF 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Western, Road movie, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • CHINA
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 142 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Yang ZHANG
    • Writer(s)
    • Tashi DAWA, Yang ZHANG
    • Producer(s)
    • Yang ZHANG, Zhao ZHANG, Li LI
    • Synopsis
    • After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a deer he just killed, Taibei, a young lonesome Tibetan cowboy, embarks on a long and difficult mission: to bring it back to the holy mountain of Buddha’s handprint. His journey turns sour as an obstinate woman, Joan, and a psychic yet dumb elf, Pu, soon decide to join him. Not to mention the two violent brothers on his tale, who are on a revenge quest.