The first Chinese production to be shot entirely in the Tibetan language.

Moving from one stunning mountainscape to another, a film crew undertakes a series of auditions across Tibet - presented in their real-time entirety - for a screen version of the classic Tibetan-Buddhist opera Drime Kunden. Searching remote monasteries and high-school gymnasiums, they finally find the perfect female lead, but she'll only agree to perform if they can locate her former boyfriend to play opposite her.



Filmmaker Pema Tseden's itinerant ‘road movie' is clearly influenced by Iranian cinema, in particular that of Abbas Kiarostami.



Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Shanghai International Film Festival.



“A beautiful film about a rapidly changing society, about dying traditions, about spiritual confusions… and about fragile hearts.” - London Film Festival