Title: Thar-lo
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.
Subjects: Drama, Shepherds, Man-woman relationships, Film adaptations, Beauty operators, City and town life
Places: Amdo (China : Region), Amdo (Region), China, Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Tibet Autonomous Region
People: Pad-ma-tshe-brtan (1969-)