Snow Leopard
New York Asian Film Festival 2024
July 12 - 22, 2024
Pema Tseden (Jinpa, NYAFF 2019), the late, great pioneer of Tibetan cinema, saved his most magical, fantastical tale—a metaphorical showdown between a man and a white snow leopard on the Tibetan steppe—for his final film.
Pema Tseden (Jinpa, NYAFF 2019), the late, great poet of Tibetan cinema, saved his most magical, fantastical tale for last. When a white snow leopard breaks into a family’s stockyard and mauls nine rams, all hell breaks loose. The patriarch is ready to go all “eye for an eye” on the big cat, but then the cops, a TV crew, and a monk show up, each with their own two cents to throw in. What follows is a metaphorical and metaphysical showdown on the Tibetan steppe, as tradition and modernity butt heads in a debate that’s as raw and unfiltered as it gets. Tseden, who pioneered Tibetan-language filmmaking, lets his characters speak their minds in a way that’s both theatrical and spiritual, tackling the age-old tug-of-war between humans and nature, and the battles we wage against each other.
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