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Tharlo (2015)
Drama | Pema Tseden | 123 mins | China | Heaven Pictures (Beijing)
Tharlo is an orphaned sheepherder in the village.
He is in his forties and has yet to have his first woman. He meets a girl in the barber's shop who changes the course of his life. He sells everything to go out into the world with the girl, but only to find himself deceived and cheated by her.

2015 Venice Film Festival
Nominated for Venice Horizons Award
2016 Vesoul Asian Film Festival
Won Golden Wheel
2015 Golden Horse Film Festival
Nominated for Best Director, Best Feature & Best Cinematography
2015 Golden Horse Film Festival
Won Best Adapted Screenplay
2015 Busan International Film Festival
A Window on Asian Cinema Section
2015 Tokyo FILMeX
Won Grand Prize

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