Thar-lo = Tharlo

Pad-ma-tshe-brtan 1969-2023 (film director.). Gao, Hong, (film producer.). Sun, Jialin, (film producer.). Wu, Leilei, (film producer.). Wang, Sean, (film producer.). Zhi-bde-nyi-ma, (actor.). Tso, Yangshik, (actor.). Asian Shadows (Firm), (film distributor.). Heaven Pictures (Beijing) Culture & Media Co. Ltd., (production company.). Beijing hai yang shi guang wen hua chuan bo you xian gong si, (production company.). Beijing YiHe Star Film Production Ltd., (production company.). New Heaven Picture (Beijing) Culture & Media Co., Ltd., (production company.). dGenerate Films (Firm), (publisher.). Icarus Films, (film distributor.). Shide Nyima, Yangshik Tso, Tashi. (Cast).

Summary: Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs his hair washed, and so meets Yangtso, a beautiful local hairdresser. Their courtship is both exquisitely awkward and enthrallingly suspenseful.

Item details

Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Publisher: [New York] : dGenerate Films, [2016]
Distributor: [New York] : exclusive distributor, Icarus Films
Copyright: ©2015

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Adapted from a short story by Pema Tseden. Statement of responsibility from English credits. Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2015; publication date from publisher's website. 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematography, Songye Lu; editor, Song Bing; music, Wang Jue.
Participant or Performer Note:	Shide Nyima, Yangshik Tso, Tashi.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC; all regions; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:	In Tibetan (Amdo dialect) with subtitles in English. Credits in Tibetan, Chinese and English.