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- 2016
- Not Rated
- Icarus Films
- 2 h 3 m
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Icarus Films
- 2 h 3 m
Summary Tharlo is an orphan who lives a simple life but could a brief encounter with a woman in his local town change his life forever?
Directed By: Pema Tseden
Written By: Pema Tseden
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Icarus Films
- 2 h 3 m
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Icarus Films
- 2 h 3 m
Tharlo
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Summary Tharlo is an orphan who lives a simple life but could a brief encounter with a woman in his local town change his life forever?
Directed By: Pema Tseden
Written By: Pema Tseden
Where to Watch
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Metascore
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Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
65
50% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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In the logic of the film, for the camera to move at all would feel like a betrayal of its contemplative hunger.
Torn between mountains and karaoke bars, Tharlo looks as lost as his lamb: a parallel delicately developed in this warm, wise fable of uncertainty.
For the most part, this is a beautifully judged picture from a director to note.
As a bit of anthropology offering a glimpse into Tibetan life today, it’s perfectly serviceable.
The glacially paced film is ultimately more interesting for its ethnographic and technical aspects than its rudimentary storyline, although the marvelous deadpan performance by Nyima, an acclaimed Tibetan theater performer, provides a much-needed humanistic quality.
Tharlo instead opts for fleeting charm and shaggy humanism, until the narrative takes a grim turn that’s both trite and sexist. The bottom drops out of the movie, leaving its interest almost exclusively ethnographic.
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Production Company
Beijing Fenghua Times Culture Communication,
Beijing YiHe Star Film Production,
Heaven Pictures (Beijing) Culture & Media Co.,
New Heaven Picture Culture & Media
Release Date Sep 28, 2016
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
To Ten Chinese Films Festival
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Chinese Film Media Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Beijing Student Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
