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Summary
A story of an aged sheepherder, his gruff grown son (who’s having trouble conceiving a child with his wife) and the old man’s Tibetan mastiff hound – a highly prized breed, much sought after by urban Chinese – whose existence is imperiled from all sides.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+20)
Critics 87Audiences 67GoodWatch 66
Tomatometer100%
Metascore74
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2011
October 4, 2011
15 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Tibetan
Original language
Also spoken
ChineseMade in
China
Directing · 1
- Pema Tseden Director, Screenplay
Sound · 1
- Dukar Tserang Sound
Other crew · 1
- Sonthar Gyal Cinematography
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