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Directed by Pema Tseden
Starring: Yangshik Tso, Jinpa, Sonam Wangmo
Tibet, 1980s: Dargye and Drolkar’s two boisterous youngest sons have blown up their parents’ condoms like balloons. Not only does this outrage their entire village, but more practically: they have no more condoms. The shepherd couple already have three sons, and as China has recently introduced its one-child policy, they can’t have any more. With its cool colour palette, attentive handheld camerawork, and painterly passages that seem to transpire somewhere between this world and the next, Balloon approaches weighty themes with beguiling brio and a sense of wonder.
Official Selection for the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, 2021
Introduced by Dr Nessa Johnston, Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Television at Edge Hill University. Nessa is currently co-investigator on the Leverhulme funded Research Project, Anonymous Creativity, investigating the production of library music for film and television.
12A
Approx 102 mins
Tibetan with English subtitles
Abortion references, Domestic abuse, Moderate sex references