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- Bitters End
- 1 h 42 m
- Bitters End
- 1 h 42 m
Summary A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.
Written By: Pema Tseden
- Bitters End
- 1 h 42 m
- Bitters End
- 1 h 42 m
Balloon
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Summary A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.
Written By: Pema Tseden
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
83
100% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Balloon never uses its characters as proxies for political discussion; Tseden’s concern is firmly with his characters as human beings. His method is rooted in realism, favouring intimate, often handheld camera work whose immediacy is juxtaposed against often stunningly beautiful compositions and dreamlike landscapes.
The latest film from the acclaimed writer-director Pema Tseden casts a typically wry eye over the collision between modernity and tradition in 1980s Tibet.
While armed with plenty of social critique, the beauty of Balloon goes beyond this tug-of-war between modernity and tradition.
Tseden directs with a low-slung commitment to a dramatically heightened form of social realism, and this deceptively simple story ends up speaking volumes about how love, sex, marriage and parenting sit at a paradoxical remove from the dictates of the state, and the parochial attitudes of the older generation.
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Production Company
Beijing Jiu Zhou Tong Ying Digital Cinemas Co.,
Factory Gate Films,
Mani Stone Pictures,
Tang Dynasty Culture Communication,
iQIYI Pictures
Duration 1 h 42 m
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Awards
Shanghai International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
To Ten Chinese Films Festival
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 4 Nominations
