''Soul on a String'' (Tibetan: རྒྱུད་སྐུད་སྟེང་གི་རྣམ་ཤེས) is a 2016 Chinese Tibetan-language

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by Zhang Yang and co-written by Zhang Yang and Tashi Dawa, based on Tashi Dawa's short stories " Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord" and "On the Road to Lhasa" (). It stars Kimba,

Choenyi Tsering Choenyi Tsering (; ; born 15 May 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer of Tibetan descent. She is best known for her roles as Princess Aliya on ''Love Yunge from the Desert'' (2013) and Zhang Lihua/ Zhu Gui'er on ''Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties ...

, Siano Dudiom Zahi, and Yixi Danzeng. The film premiered at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, and opened in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

on August 18, 2017.

Plot

Tabei () is a hunter who had killed countless animals. While hunting a

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, he is killed by lightning. But it isn't long before that he is saved by the

Gautama Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lu ...

, who orders him to escort a treasure to a holy land of Tibetan place named "Zhangwendi" ().

Cast

* Kimba as Tabei, a hunter *

as Qiong, a beautiful and lonely shepherdess who is pregnant with Tabei's child * Siano Dudiom Zahi as Zhandui, elder brother of Guo Ri, who wants to find Tabei for revenge * Yixi Danzeng as Pu, a mute and Tabei's attendant. * Gengdeng Pengcuo

Production

Madeng Film Limited Company and Lichenguang International Cultural Media Limited Company purchased the film rights. The script for the film was finished in 2007 written by Tashi Dawa. The film was wrapped in 2014. Most of the film was shot on location in

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Release

The film premiered in 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, with wide-release in China on August 18, 2017.

Accolades

References

External links

* * * {{Zhang Yang Films directed by Zhang Yang 2016 films Chinese adventure films Tibetan-language films Films about Tibet Films shot in Tibet 2010s Mandarin-language films