Old Dog (2011 film)

Old Dog
Traditional 老狗
Simplified 老狗
Mandarin Lǎogǒu
Directed by Pema Tseden
Produced by Zhang Xianmin
Written by Pema Tseden
Starring Yanbum Gyal
Drolma Kyab
Lochey Lochey
Tamdrin Tso
Cinematography Sonthar Gyal
Edited by Sangye Bhum
Production
company
Himalaya Audio & Visual Culture Communication Co, Ltd
Release dates
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
93 minutes
Country China
Language Tibetan

Old Dog (Chinese: 老狗) is a 2011 Tibetan feature film written and directed by Pema Tseden, and starring Yanbum Gyal, Drolma Kyab, Lochey Lochey, Tamdrin Tso.[1] Old Dog picks up the story of a father and son against the backdrop of China's escalating trade in Tibetan mastiffs. The film won Best Narrative Feature at the 2012 Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Picture at the 12th Tokyo Future International Film Festival.[2][3] The film was released in China in 2011.

Plot

In the late 1990s, somewhere in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, a Tibetan sheep herder sells his father's prized Tibetan mastiff to a dealer without his father's permission. When his father finds out, he stopped his son from selling his dog. He raised it for 12 years and he has deep affection for his dog. And, the old man hid his dog in the mountains. But someone have sold his dog to a dealer. In order to retrieve the dog, the son was in conflict with the dog dealer, and finally he was detained by the local police.

Cast

Accolades

Date Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Notes
2011 12th Tokyo Future International Film Festival Best Picture Old Dog Won
2012 Brooklyn Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Won

References

  1. "Old Dog". Brooklynfilmfestival (in Chinese).
  2. "Tibetan filmmaker wins 'Best Feature' at Brooklyn Film Festival". Catholic Online. 2012-06-13.
  3. 《老狗》获东京未来国际电影节大奖. Tencent (in Chinese). 2011-12-06.

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