''Jinpa'' ( Tibetan: ལག་དམར་, "Butcher" or "Murderer"; ) is a 2018 Chinese Tibetan-language film written and directed by

Pema Tseden Pema Tseden (), also called Wanma Caidan (; December 1969 – 8 May 2023) was a Chinese Tibetan film director and screenwriter. He was a professor at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and a member of the Film Directors Guild of China, China ...

. The screenplay is based on the novels ''The Slayer'' by Tsering Norbu and ''I Ran Over a Sheep'' by Pema. It made its world premiere and won Best Screenplay in the Horizons section at the 75th edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

Plot

Truck driver Jinpa (Jinpa) accidentally runs over and kills a sheep as he traverses on an isolated road on the

Kekexili Hoh Xil or Kekexili (Mongolian language, Mongolian for "Blue Ridge", also Aqênganggyai for "Lord of Ten Thousand Mountains"), is an isolated region in the northeastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. On July 7, 2017, the Hoh Xil in Qinghai was ...

Plateau. He then picks up a young hitchhiker (Genden Phuntsok) who is on his way to kill a man who murdered his father 10 years ago. Although they part way later, the coincidence of these two incidents haunts Jinpa. He tries to track down the hitchhiker and stop the murder.

Cast

* Jinpa as truck driver Jinpa * Genden Phuntsok as hitchhiker Jinpa * Sonam Wangmo as bar owner * Japal Tso * Dargye Tenzin

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* 2018 films Tibetan-language films Films shot in Tibet Films directed by Pema Tseden Chinese drama films {{2010s-China-film-stub