Director: Eric Valli, Michel Debats
Stars: Thilen Lhondup, Gurgon Kyap, Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Genre: Drama
Country: France | Switzerland | UK | Nepal
An aging chief’s last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal’s Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet’s salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son’s friend, refuses to give Karma his blessing as the new chief, and organizes a rival caravan to take the salt to lower Nepal to trade for grain. He, a few old men, his son’s widow, his grandson, and his second son, a monk, set out on the arduous journey.