Norbu is a nomad who lives with his wife and his child in the mountainous highland of tibet as a shepherd. He belongs to an ethnic minority and from time to time he sees himself compelled to act as a horse thief in order to provide his family with food. But the day Norbu tries to steal some treasures of a temple the community excludes and banishes him.
Living in exile, he loses his son. After his last theft of a horse he sacrifices himself in order to save his wife and his second child. He starts for the place of the divine burial where the saint vultures will eliminate his body so taht his soul can get to heaven.
| Original Title | Dao ma tse - Dao ma zei | ||||||||||||
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| German Title | Der Pferdedieb | ||||||||||||
| French Title | Le voleur de chevaux | ||||||||||||
| Other Titles | The Horse Thief | ||||||||||||
| Directed by | Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan | ||||||||||||
| Country | China | ||||||||||||
| Available Formats | 35mm | ||||||||||||
| Screenplay | Zhang Rui | ||||||||||||
| Film Editing | Li Jingzhong | ||||||||||||
| Soundtrack | Qu Xiaosong | ||||||||||||
| Cinematography | Hou Yong, Zhao Fei | ||||||||||||
| Sound | Dong-zhi Hui | ||||||||||||
| Décors | Huo Jianqi | ||||||||||||
| Costumes | Xu Xiaoping | ||||||||||||
| Production | Xi'an Film Studio | ||||||||||||
| Runtime | 100 Min. | ||||||||||||
| Language | Tibetanisch/d/f | ||||||||||||
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Festival de Fribourg, distribution award
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