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Other Side of Monlam River

Detsa Kyi | 2022 | China | 87min | Children
Tsering Yangkyab丨Detsa Kyi丨Chakdor Kyab丨Tashi Gyamtso丨Ru Jingwei丨Sertso Kyab, Sertso, Shiden Yima

Synopsis

A family is located in the beautiful mountains. This family has two children. Sertso, who’s nine years old. Sertan, who is six years old. Usually, the eighty-year-old lady Lhamo tells the children stories beside the temple by the river. One day, the lady tells the children a fable called “Monlam River”. This story left a deep impression on Sertso and Sertan. Their father, Tseten, is an unrestrained gambler. Yangchen, who cries all day long, can’t bear what her husband did, and return to her family. The two children hear a cruel remark their father made before their mother left: “the ancestors passed down the ivory bracelet, and if you don’t return it, then never step into this house again”. It deeply hurt the two children. Thus, the sister and brother decide to find the legendary Wishful Naga tree to take back their mother’s ivory bracelet.