Another masterpiece of Tibetan movies! "Floating with the Wind" selected into the International Film Festival

Chinese poster for "Disperse with the Wind"


1905 film news directed by Dan Zhenwang , so that Dolma, Solang Wangmu starred in the film 10 and 21 Zongfeng Suo Langwangmu Selected for the 25th Busan Film Festival, the film will premiere in Busan, South Korea in October 2020. The film Tibetan style and feminist themes, tells the story of the growth and transformation of a mother and daughter. The film is adapted from Tibetan writer Alai's novel "Dog Boy Gera" . The author has won Mao Dun Literature Award and Lu Xun Literature Award. The script of the movie received a lot of attention before the filming started. successfully won the award for the best creative script in the minority theme section of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.



Tibetan’s first feminist film The male and female starring three times collaborated to interpret the unique style


In recent years, many excellent Tibetan films have appeared in the audience's field of vision. Previous films such as "Kang Rinpoche", "Crashing a Sheep", "Alajang Se", and "Soul on a Leather Strap" have not only achieved good reputation and box office, but also performed well in major film festivals. , The continuous efforts of Tibetan filmmakers have brought Tibetan films to the world. The style of Tibetan movies is unique, with a strong national flavor, and tells unique life stories. There are also depictions of folk culture in the pictures, which not only allows the audience to have a new understanding of Tibetan culture, but also have a deeper understanding of the fate of the characters in the film.



"Disperse in the Wind" goes a step further in exploring traditional culture and social topics, not only showing the traditional Tibetan style, but also focusing on the dilemmas faced by women in traditional culture. The film can be called the first domestic Tibetan feminist film. The film revolves around a pair of mothers and daughters of unknown origin. The single mother Sandan (played by Solang Wangmu) raised her daughter Gera (played by Dolma) alone, but was bullied by the whole village because there was no man in the family. man of. In order to survive, they had to endure male bullying. The only man who was kind to them, Empo (Gendeng Phuntsok) broke with them after the accidental death of his son, deepening people's misunderstanding of the mother and daughter. The mother and daughter were embarrassed on all sides, and Gera witnessed the stigma that his mother suffered because of not having a husband, and experienced the humiliation of relying on a man in the process of growing up, and began to self-awaken in the changes. In the end, the mother and daughter supported themselves and got rid of the life of relying on others. Gera broke the gender taboo and went to the sacred mountain to make sacrifices, challenged traditions in order to inherit, declared women's status, and bravely pursued happiness. Through ingenious conception, the film not only boldly provokes traditional customs, but also subtly inherits the splendid part of national culture.


This film is the third collaboration between male and female starring Solang Wangmu and Gendeng Phuntsok. The professional attitude and tacit cooperation make the film more expressive. The two previous collaborations of "Break a Sheep" and "Soul on a Leather Rope" have been successful at the Shanghai International Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival.



focuses on hot topics in global society and enhances the international influence of Chinese culture.


"Disperse with the Wind" adopts a female perspective, unique narrative and unique style. The film not only has a strong Tibetan cultural sentiment, but also leaves room for ethical growth. But as director Dan Zhenwangjia said: "Tibetans are not mysterious, they also have troubles and sorrows in life. Only by boldly piercing people's stereotypes of Tibet can we understand Tibetan culture more deeply." The theme value of the filmIf the audience sees it with a broader perspective, it has a greater universal significance. The rise of women on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau seems to be quite different from the daily life of many people, but in the final analysis, the struggle of Sandan and Gera is something that every woman has to face more or less in life. problem.


This has also been a hot spot in the international film market and film festivals in recent years. Film and television works from Hollywood to Europe to East Asian markets are increasingly inclined to feminist themed scripts, and female characters are given more diverse interpretations in movies . From the life group portraits of young women in "Little Women" to the pressure and loneliness faced by adult women in "Send Me Up to the Clouds", the audience saw the different challenges faced by different women in their lives, and read the world from them. The commonality of feminism in different countries. "Floating with the Wind" adds a strong touch to this, dedicated to breaking people's misunderstandings of Tibetan culture, and at the same time incorporating the pulse of the era of Tibetan women's pursuit of happiness into the wave of global feminism.



In addition, "Floating with the Wind" is also an effort by Chinese films to show the diversity of Chinese culture to the world. The film was filmed in Yuanshanzi Tibetan Village, Mayi Village, Shanba Township, Songpan County, Aba Prefecture in 2018, which truly restored the beauty of Tibet. The shortlisted for the Busan Film Festival this time will show a different face of China to audiences around the world. The film also promotes the unique Tibetan customs and traditions as part of Chinese culture to the world, fully expressing the profoundness and diversification of Chinese culture, and has also become a bridge for domestic and foreign film and cultural exchanges.