Tharlo

Name: Tharlo
Genre: Drama
Released: September 28, 2016
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 65

2016

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Icarus Films | Release Date: September 28, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Tharlo is an orphan who lives a simple life but could a brief encounter with a woman in his local town change his life forever?

Director: Pema Tseden

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 123 min

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Diego Semerene

Sep 27, 2016

In the logic of the film, for the camera to move at all would feel like a betrayal of its contemplative hunger. Read full review

Kevin Harley

Oct 14, 2016

Torn between mountains and karaoke bars, Tharlo looks as lost as his lamb: a parallel delicately developed in this warm, wise fable of uncertainty. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Oct 14, 2016

For the most part, this is a beautifully judged picture from a director to note. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Oct 14, 2016

As a bit of anthropology offering a glimpse into Tibetan life today, it’s perfectly serviceable. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Sep 27, 2016

Tharlo instead opts for fleeting charm and shaggy humanism, until the narrative takes a grim turn that’s both trite and sexist. The bottom drops out of the movie, leaving its interest almost exclusively ethnographic. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Oct 14, 2016

The glacially paced film is ultimately more interesting for its ethnographic and technical aspects than its rudimentary storyline, although the marvelous deadpan performance by Nyima, an acclaimed Tibetan theater performer, provides a much-needed humanistic quality. Read full review

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