Jump to content

Balloon (2019 Chinese film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Balloon
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese氣球
Simplified Chinese气球
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQìqiú
Directed byPema Tseden
Written byPema Tseden
Based onBalloon by Pema Tseden
StarringTso Yangshik
CinematographyLǚ Songye
Edited byLiao Qingsong
Jin Di
Music byPeyman Yazdanian
Production
companies
Beijing Shengtang Times Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
Factory Gate (Tianjin) Film Co., Ltd.
Qinghai Manishi Film Co., Ltd.
China Film Stellar Theater Chain
iQiyi
Release date
  • 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) (Venice)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesChinese
Tibetan

Balloon (Chinese: 气球) is a 2019 Chinese drama film written and directed by Pema Tseden. It was screened in the Horizons section at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2]

Synopsis

[edit]

The film evokes a Tibetan family's struggle between religious conservatism and sexual emancipation. Drolkar and her husband have three sons and are sheep farmers. In order to comply with the one-child policy implemented by the Chinese authorities, Drolkar uses condoms as a means of contraception, a practice that is not very widespread in this traditional society.[3]

Cast

[edit]
  • Tso Yangshik
  • Wangmo Sonam
  • Jinpa

Accolades

[edit]
Date Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Notes
2019 5th Chicago International Film Festival Best Screenplay Pema Tseden Won
76th Venice International Film Festival Balloon Nominated
2019 Toronto International Film Festival Contemporary World Cinema Nominated
24th Busan International Film Festival A Window on Asian Cinema Nominated
20th Tokyo Filmex Won
Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Film Nominated
2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival Best Film Won [4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (25 July 2019). "Joker, Ad Astra, The Laundromat, Marriage Story to Compete in Venice". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Orizzonti". labiennale.org. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. ^ AlloCine, Balloon (in French), retrieved 17 January 2023
  4. ^ Chen Chen (9 December 2019). 第二届海南岛国际电影节闭幕,万玛才旦《气球》摘“金椰”. thepaper.cn (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 18 February 2020.
[edit]