Jinpa
Jinpa (Release title, Tibetan: ལག་དསྦྱིན་པ་, Wylie: sbyin pa, is a Tibetan term meaning “generosity,” “giving,” or “the act of giving.” It is one of the Six Perfections (Pāramitās) in Mahāyāna Buddhism and refers not only to material giving, but also to offering time, protection, compassion, and the willingness to let go of self-centered attachment. The term is also commonly used as a male Tibetan given name, independent of the literal meaning.). Original title Lagmar (Tibetan: ལག་དམར་, "Butcher" or "Murderer"; ) is a 2018 Chinese Tibetan-language film written and directed by Pema Tseden. The
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6.8Stoic truck driver Jinpa picks up a silver dagger wearing hitchhiker in the desolate Kekexili plateau. The stranger suddenly reveals he’s going to kill the man who murdered his father.
Released: 2019-02-0986 minDir: Pema TsedenDrama
Stream on: OVID
Cast
- Jinpa as Jinpa (Driver)
- Genden Phuntsok as Jinpa (Hitchhiker)
- Sonam Wangmo as Bar Owner
Themes
- sheep
- tibet
- revenge
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Jinpa (Release title, Tibetan: ལག་དསྦྱིན་པ་, Wylie: sbyin pa, is a Tibetan term meaning “generosity,” “giving,” or “the act of giving.” It is one of the Six Perfections (Pāramitās) in Mahāyāna Buddhism and refers not only to material giving, but also to offering time, protection, compassion, and the willingness to let go of self-centered attachment. The term is also commonly used as a male Tibetan given name, independent of the literal meaning.). Original title Lagmar (Tibetan: ལག་དམར་, "Butcher" or "Murderer"; ) is a 2018 Chinese Tibetan-language film written and directed by Pema Tseden. The screenplay is based on the novels The Slayer by Tsering Norbu and I Ran Over a Sheep by Pema. It made its world premiere and won Best Screenplay in the Horizons section at the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
== Plot == Truck driver Jinpa (Jinpa) accidentally runs over and kills a sheep as he traverses on an isolated road on the Kekexili Plateau. He then picks up a young hitchhiker (Genden Phuntsok) who is on his way to kill a man who murdered his father 10 years ago. Although they part way later, the coincidence of these two incidents haunts Jinpa. He tries to track down the hitchhiker and stop the murder.