Paths of The Soul

– PATHS OF THE SOUL follows a group of Tibetan villagers who leave their families and homes to make a ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 55 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Original Name:
གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ
Paths of the Soul (2015) - Also known as གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ

PATHS OF THE SOUL follows a group of Tibetan villagers who leave their families and homes to make a "bowing pilgrimage" — laying their bodies flat on the ground after every few steps — along the 2,000-kilometre road to Lhasa. Though equally devoted to the trip, they all have different reasons: one traveller needs to cleanse bad family karma; another, a butcher, wants to wash the animals' bloodstains from his soul; and another pilgrim, sensing the end is near, hopes that prayers and prostrations will break the chain of cause and effect determined by his life's actions. During their months on the road, a baby is born, they meet fellow travellers, and their resolve is put to the test by harsh snowstorms and physical fatigue. But no hardship can deter them from their ultimate goal — not even the threat of death, a very real danger in this high altitude where a common cold can take one's life.

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Paths of the Soul (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

20 Jun 2017

Language:

Tibetan

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Yang Zhang

Writer:

Yang Zhang

Main Actors:

Tsring Chodron, Tsewang Dolkar, Jiangcuo Seba, Pei Yang

Plot:

Docu-drama follows the journey of a group of Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lasa, the holy capital of Tibet. The journey covers 1,200 km on foot, in a continuous repetition of prostrating one's self on the ground. Over 10 months, we see the simplicity of human relationships and the nature of family, suffering, and resolve.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Gross profit:

$28,184

Production:

LETV Pictures Co

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
Metacritic:
90%