Soul on a String (Tibetan: རྒྱུད་སྐུད་སྟེང་གི་རྣམ་ཤེས) is a 2016 Chinese Tibetan-language adventure film directed by Zhang Yang and co-written by Zhang Yang and Tashi Dawa,[1] based on Tashi Dawa's short stories "Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord" and "On the Road to Lhasa" (
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Hanyu Pinyin | Píshéngshàng de Hún |
Directed by | Zhang Yang |
Written by | Tashi Dawa Zhang Yang |
Produced by | Li Li |
Starring | Kimba Choenyi Tsering Siano Dudiom Zahi Yixi Danzeng |
Cinematography | Guo Daming |
Edited by | Le Wei |
Production companies | Madeng Film Limited Company Lichenguang International Cultural Media Limited Company |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
Country | China |
Languages | Mandarin Tibetan |
Plot
editTabei (
Cast
edit- Kimba as Tabei, a hunter
- Choenyi Tsering 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
editMadeng 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.[5]
Most of the film was shot on location in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Release
editThe film premiered in 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, with wide-release in China on August 18, 2017.
Accolades
editDate | Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Notes |
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2015 | 53rd Golden Horse Award | Best New Performer | Kimba | Nominated | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Tashi Dawa | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Guo Daming | Nominated | |||
Best Makeup & Costume Design | Lei Jing | Nominated | |||
Best Original Film Score | Zhang Jian | Nominated | |||
Best Sound Effects | Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan | Nominated | |||
2016 | 19th Shanghai International Film Festival | Golden Goblet Award for Best Cinematography | Guo Daming | Won | |
Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film | Soul on a String | Nominated | |||
2018 | 9th China Film Director's Guild Awards | Best Film | Soul on a String | Nominated | [6] |
Best Director | Zhang Yang | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ 张杨《
皮 绳上的 魂 》今日 上映 真相 海 报解谜命运. 163 (in Chinese). 2017-08-18. - ^ 组图:《
皮 绳上的 魂 》首 映 藏 族 美女 抢眼. sina (in Chinese). 2017-08-03. - ^ 《
皮 绳上的 魂 》:一部值得珍视的电影. iFeng (in Chinese). 2017-08-18. - ^ 张杨《
皮 绳上的 魂 》讲述猎人护宝记. sina (in Chinese). 2017-08-17. - ^ 《冈仁
波 齐》姊妹篇 《皮 绳上的 魂 》近日 来 穗 路 演 . sina (in Chinese). 2017-07-31. - ^ "电影导演协会2017
年度 入 围名单揭晓 吴京入 围最佳 导演". ifeng (in Chinese). February 27, 2018.
External links
edit- Soul on a String at IMDb
- Soul on a String at Douban (in Chinese)
- Soul on a String at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)