Paths of the Soul | chineseshadows

China | 2015 | Color | Drama | 117 min

冈仁波齐 / Kang Rinpoche

DCP | Tibetan | 24 fps | 1.85:1 | DOLBY 5.1

SYNOPSIS

In a small village, Nyima decides to go on a one year and 2,000km pilgrimage to Lhasa and the sacred Kang's Mountain to fulfill his uncle's wish. Some friends, neighbors and relatives decide to join him. Soon the small group of 11 is at the entrance of the village to start by foot a one thousand kilometers journey to try to expel their fault and enlighten their soul...

FESTIVALS, selective list

- Toronto IFF 2015

- Busan IFF 2015

- Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2015

- Rotterdam IFF 2016

- HKIFF 2016

- Vilnius FF 2016

- Farj FF 2016

- Bogota Independent FF 2016 (ZHANG Yang's retrospective)

- Melbourne IFF 2016

- Viennale IFF 2016

AWARDS

- Chichester IFF 2016

Audience Award for Best Feature Film

- Casa Asia FF 2016,

Best Cinematography Award

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YANG Pei

Nyima Zadui

Tsewang Dolkar

Tsring Chodron

Seba Jiangcuo

GUO Daming

WEI Le

ZHAO Nan

YANG Jiang

ZHANG Yang

LI Li, ZHANG Zhao

GAO Fei

YU Rongcai

Helichenguang International Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

LETV Pictures (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.

Le Shi Internet Information & Technology Corp. Beijing

Kunrungaohong Investment Co., Ltd.

Asian Shadows

PRESS REVIEWS

"It's a stirring study in faith and spirituality that will inspire many viewers to think about big and small questions of life."

-- Richard KUIPERS, Variety