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Sunshine that Can Move Mountains

China/2017
Wang Qiang

Synopsis

Tenzin Banjue, a young Tibetan monk living in a temple, takes a long way back home for the first time to visit his brother who is in a vegetative state after falling off a cliff. Despite finding himself enamored by his brother’s fiancée, he refuses his mother’s offer to stay and marry her, who at the same time gets a marriage proposal from another man. Struggling between faith to his religion and truth to his heart of love, Tenzin, together with his brother and fiancée, sets off on a soul searching journey of 5.000 kilometers.

Screenplay
Wang Qiang

Director of Photography
Wei Zhijie

Film Editing
Wang Qiang, Xie Peng

Producer
Li Haihua

Production Companies
Bejing Guwang Media Culture Co., ltd., Hey Pictures Co., ltd., Shangai Alibaba Pictures Co., ltd

Cast
Tenzin Jigme, Sonam Droga, YangJin Droga, DongSa Droga, Danzheng Dorji, Sun Zhixin, Sonam Tsering, Caixiang Zengren, Sudian Gyatso

Duration
107’

Wang Qiang
Director's Biography
Wang Qiang

Wang Qiang, born in 1980, is a contemporary Manchus director of China. He graduated from the Art School of Hebei University, and obtained the degree of Master of Fine Arts from Beijing Film Academy. He has made several documentaries, mostly about the Tibetan life and culture. His documentary film A Normal Life was nominated in 22nd Astra Film Festival. His debut feature Sunshine that Can Move Mountains was the winner of the inaugural Early Bird New Directors Film Fund of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.