Thar-lo
Subtitle: Tharlo
By: Asian Shadows ; Heaven Pictures (Beijing) Culture & Media Co. Ltd., Beijing Ocean & Time Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing YiHe Star Film Production Ltd., New Heaven Picture (Beijing) Culture & Media Co., Ltd. ; produced by Gao Hong, Xu Li, Sun Jialin ; producer, Wu Leilei ; Sean Wang ; screenwriter & director, Pema Tseden = Taluo
Contributors: Zhi-bde-nyi-ma, actor; Tso, Yangshik, actor; Asian Shadows (Firm); Heaven Pictures (Beijing) Culture & Media Co. Ltd; Beijing hai yang shi guang wen hua chuan bo you xian gong si; Beijing YiHe Star Film Production Ltd; New Heaven Picture (Beijing) Culture & Media Co., Ltd; dGenerate Films (Firm); Icarus Films
Series: East Asian film collection
Published: 2016
Language: tib
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 123
Subjects: Drama; Shepherds; Man-woman relationships; Film adaptations; Beauty operators; City and town life
Other titles: Tharlo; Taluo
Description: Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs his hair washed, and so meets Yangtso, a beautiful local hairdresser. Their courtship is both exquisitely awkward and enthrallingly suspenseful.
Notes: Adapted from a short story by Pema Tseden.

Statement of responsibility from English credits.

Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2015; publication date from publisher's website.

1.85:1 aspect ratio.

Cinematography, Songye Lu; editor, Song Bing; music, Wang Jue.

Shide Nyima, Yangshik Tso, Tashi.

DVD; NTSC; all regions; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In Tibetan (Amdo dialect) with subtitles in English. Credits in Tibetan, Chinese and English.