The film focuses on the hinterland of the 4,000-meter snowy plateau, where a snow leopard broke into the herdsmen's sheepfold and bit nine sheep to death. The movie is officially released today, unlock the highlights of the film together, and explore the magnificent poems about life.
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109 mins - Drama Released in China on April 3, 2024
The film "Snow Leopard" is the eighth Tibetan-language film directed by Wanma Tseden, and the inspiration is based on a real incident that the director heard by chance - on the Tibetan plateau, a snow leopard bites a herdsman's sheep to death, and everyone has a fierce disagreement over whether to "punish" or "release". This story has always lingered in the heart of Vanma Tseden, so he spent three years presenting it on the screen, using images to convey the Tibetan map hidden in his warm gaze.
The film continues the true narrative style of director Wanma Tseden close to daily life, and at the same time breaks the traditional narrative method, takes the contradiction between man and leopard as the viewpoint, and extends the story of the two spaces of reality and surreality, which seem to be unrelated but have an inseparable internal connection, leading every audience into the inner world of director Wanma Tseden, and feeling his care for people and concern for life issues.
The story of the film "Snow Leopard" cuts from the subtleties of life in Tibetan areas, focusing on an ordinary herdsman family, who is caught in the center of a whirlpool of contradictions due to the intrusion of an uninvited guest, the snow leopard, and the value choices of different characters and different positions are intertwined with the complex competition between man and snow leopard, tradition and modernity, faith and compassion.
Director Wanma Tseden opens up the complex connotations in the seemingly simple text framework, so that the audience can immerse themselves in people and the world. Behind the conflict and confrontation, the struggles and reconciliations of all the characters are like stitches everywhere, which not only skillfully connects the inner culture of Tibet, but also presents the depth and subtlety of human nature, adding a long afterglow to the film.
The film was shot in the Sanjiangyuan National Wetland Park in Maduo County, Qinghai Province, and the Tibetan name of the filming location is "Donggecuona Lake", which means a lake surrounded by a thousand mountains. From "The Quiet Mani Stone" to "Snow Leopard", director Wanma Tseden has developed a distinctive image style in his nearly 20-year Tibetan film career. He is accustomed to focusing his lens on the natural things on the vast plateau - aimless sheep, slowly fluttering clouds, holy and majestic snow-capped mountains......
In addition, he also loves to tell about the daily life of this land, where interest and seriousness are blended, and he looks at the border of modern civilization and border culture with an introspective attitude. As director Wanma Tseden said, I aspire to tell the story of my hometown in my own way, a more authentic hometown that has been blown by the wind. Today, his rough and romantic images flow with timeless spirituality and poetry, and the "windswept Tibetan land" that director Wanma Tseden knows by heart heals every audience with a calm and turbulent force.
The film "Snow Leopard" was shortlisted for the 80th Venice International Film Festival, and won the Best Film Award, the Best Screenplay Award, the Best Cinematography Award and the Golden Coconut Award for Best Director at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival, the 17th Asian Film Awards and the 5th Hainan Island International Film Festival. Some overseas media commented on the film, saying that this film shows the depth and beauty of Tibetan culture from a unique perspective, and elevates the relationship between man and nature to a new level.
At the national premiere held a few days ago, many industry scholars affirmed the film, and writer Liang Hong said that the whole film is writing about the mutual gaze and understanding between heaven, earth and people. Film scholar Wang Xiaolu said with emotion, I am very happy that the artistic life of director Wanma Tseden is still continuing, and the long shot at the end of the film will definitely be recorded in film history.