Synopsis
Wangmo was once happily married to the caterpillar fungus merchant Gonpo. One day, her husband planned to go and make purchases in town. She asked him to go to her mother’s house and pick up a bag of water-milled Zanba flour that her mother had prepared for them. However, the 12 kilometers her husband traveled ended up being his last. He had an accident on his way home, which took two lives in the minivan, Wangmo’s husband and the wife of their fellow villager Karma Dondrup. His sudden death not only drastically changes Wangmo’s life but also strains her relationship with her mother-in-law.
Dandren Wanggyal
Dandren Wanggyal, the first Tibetan director accepted into CCTV’s documentary production team, graduated from Film & TV Production Major at the Communication University of China. He has six years of experience working as a television journalist, and pursued advanced studies at Beijing Film Academy in 2007. Major Works: Director of the feature film Wind Director of Little Monk's Spring Festival and Journey to Shambhala Co-Producer of the independent documentary Cut Out the Eyes CCTV documentaries Nirvana - Shambhala, Harvest China and Life at the River Source Awards: Nomination for the Best Documentary Feature at the FIRST International Film Festival in Xining Winner of the Annual Best 10 Documentary Features at the 11th China Independent Film Festival Screening at the China Onscreen Biennial (Los Angeles) Screening at the CNEX- AOC (Taiwan).
Director's statement
“Summer for Wangmo” is an ethical film featuring a female character in Tibetan society. The renowned author Alai has once again taken the position of literary advisor. With the renowned screenwriter Wei Lu as the executive producer and the famous Tibetan actor Wangdrotso as the leading actress, the film is created by the creators of “Wind”, a nominee of Busan International Film Festival and winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Rome International Film Festival. This is another Tibetan female-centric masterpiece from the director Dandren Wanggyal after his first feature “Wind” of the same genre. With a unique humanistic vision and from a female perspective, the film integrates the authentic lives of Tibetan people and narrates a most unexpected and realistic story of Tibetan people.
