''Once Upon a Time in Tibet'' is a 2010 Chinese

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed and co-produced by Dai Wei, and starring

Peter Ho Peter Ho (, born September 13, 1975) is an American-Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer, actor and model based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Since his debut in 1998, he has released seven albums and has starred in over 25 films and television series, most not ...

, Joshua Hannum, Song Jia, Zhu Ziyan, Tino Bao, and Sam-Co. The film is an adaptation of Tashi Dawa's novel ''Cats of Shambala''. The film tells the story of Robert and Yong Cuo's transnational love story.

Cast

* Song Jia as Yong Cuo, a kind of simple Tibetan women and a single mother. * Joshua Hannum as Robert, an American pilot. *

as Jiang Cuo, a young Tibetan serf, he loves Yang Jin. * Zhu Ziyan as Yang Jin, a Tibetan herdsmen's daughter, she loves Jiang Cuo. * Tino Bao as ROC Commissioner for Tibet. * Sam-Co

Music

Tan Weiwei Tan Weiwei (; born 8 October 1982), also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of '' Super Girl'' (), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated ''I Am a Singer'' (se ...

and Chongshol Dolma - ''Pray'' * Zhu Ziyan - ''Life''

Production

Production started in September 2009 and ended on March 17, 2010. The film was shot in

Tibetan Plateau The Tibetan Plateau (, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau () or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South and East Asia covering most of the Ti ...

, including

Nagqu Prefecture Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...

and

Namtso Namtso or Lake Nam (officially: Namco; mn, Tenger nuur; ; ; “Heavenly Lake” in European literature: Tengri Nor, ) is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefecture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture ...

Release

The film was released on October 16, 2010, in China.

Accolades

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* * * Films about Tibet Tibetan-language films Films shot in Tibet Chinese romantic comedy-drama films Films based on Chinese novels 2010 romantic comedy-drama films 2010 films 2010 comedy films 2010 drama films 2010s Mandarin-language films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub