Soul on a String

Soul on a String (Tibetan: རྒྱུད་སྐུད་སྟེང་གི་རྣམ་ཤེས) is a 2016 Chinese Tibetan-language adventure film directed by Zhang Yang and co-written by Zhang Yang and Tashi Dawa,[1] based on Tashi Dawa's short stories "Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord" and "On the Road to Lhasa" (去拉萨的路上). It stars Kimba, Choenyi Tsering, Siano Dudiom Zahi, and Yixi Danzeng.[2] The film premiered at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, and opened in China on August 18, 2017.[3][4]

Soul on a String
Poster for the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
Traditional Chinese皮繩上的魂
Simplified Chinese皮绳上的魂
Hanyu PinyinPíshéngshàng de Hún
Directed byZhang Yang
Written byTashi Dawa
Zhang Yang
Produced byLi Li
StarringKimba
Choenyi Tsering
Siano Dudiom Zahi
Yixi Danzeng
CinematographyGuo Daming
Edited byLe Wei
Production
companies
Madeng Film Limited Company
Lichenguang International Cultural Media Limited Company
Release dates
  • 15 June 2016 (2016-06-15) (Shanghai International Film Festival)
  • 18 August 2017 (2017-08-18) (China)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesMandarin
Tibetan

Plot

Tabei (塔贝) is a hunter who had killed countless animals. While hunting a deer, he is killed by lightning. But it isn't long before that he is saved by the Gautama Buddha, who orders him to escort a treasure to a holy land of Tibetan place named "Zhangwendi" (掌纹地).

Cast
  • Kimba as Tabei, a hunter
  • Choenyi Tsering as Qiong, a beautiful and lonely shepherdess who is pregnant with Tabei's child
  • Siano Dudiom Zahi as Zhandui, elder brother of Guo Ri, who wants to find Tabei for revenge
  • Yixi Danzeng as Pu, a mute and Tabei's attendant.
  • Gengdeng Pengcuo

Production

Madeng Film Limited Company and Lichenguang International Cultural Media Limited Company purchased the film rights. The script for the film was finished in 2007 written by Tashi Dawa. The film was wrapped in 2014.[5]

Most of the film was shot on location in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

Release

The film premiered in 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, with wide-release in China on August 18, 2017.

Accolades
DateAwardCategoryRecipientsResultNotes
201553rd Golden Horse AwardBest New PerformerKimbaNominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayTashi DawaNominated
Best CinematographyGuo DamingNominated
Best Makeup & Costume DesignLei JingNominated
Best Original Film ScoreZhang JianNominated
Best Sound EffectsYang Jiang and Zhao NanNominated
201619th Shanghai International Film FestivalGolden Goblet Award for Best CinematographyGuo DamingWon
Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature FilmSoul on a StringNominated
2018 9th China Film Director's Guild Awards Best Film Soul on a String Nominated [6]
Best Director Zhang Yang Nominated

References
  1. 张杨《皮绳上的魂》今日上映 真相海报解谜命运. 163 (in Chinese). 2017-08-18.
  2. 组图：《皮绳上的魂》首映 藏族美女抢眼. sina (in Chinese). 2017-08-03.
  3. 《皮绳上的魂》：一部值得珍视的电影. iFeng (in Chinese). 2017-08-18.
  4. 张杨《皮绳上的魂》讲述猎人护宝记. sina (in Chinese). 2017-08-17.
  5. 《冈仁波齐》姊妹篇《皮绳上的魂》近日来穗路演. sina (in Chinese). 2017-07-31.
  6. "电影导演协会2017年度入围名单揭晓 吴京入围最佳导演". ifeng (in Chinese). February 27, 2018.
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