Jinpa

ZHUANG SI LE YI ZHI YANG
China | 2018 | Pema Tseden

The latest Tibetan-language film by acclaimed moviemaker Pema Tseden is a fable of revenge and redemption. A long-distance truck driver worried about his bad karma while traversing the barren high plains of Tibet picks up a hitchhiker intent on killing someone who wronged him years before. Soon the destinies of these two fellow travelers become inexorably intertwined. “A Tibetan road movie and a tribute to classic Westerns all at once.” –CinemaScope. “[An] idiosyncratic mix of deadpan wit and understated mysticism. The movie is a dreamily austere shaggy-dog story that recalls the matter-of-fact absurdism of early Jim Jarmusch, yet at the same time generates a fair amount of suspense by repeatedly hinting at a potential for melodramatic upheaval.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 87 min.

Jinpa, a Cinematheque streaming exclusive, can be watched online from 5/1 thru 5/21 via the link below. Doing so supports the Cinematheque.

http://vimeo.com/ondemand/jinpacleveland