One And Four (Tibet, 2021)
One and Four (2021) Reviewer: Cesar Director: Jigme Trinley Starring: Jinpa, Wang Zheng, Kunde, Darggye Tenzin, Tsemdo A forest ranger Sanggye (Jinpa) coupling with loneliness and nerve-dulling cold finds his solitude and typically quiet job disrupted by a visitor at his door; an injured man (Wang Zheng) carrying a rifle. Claiming to be an officer in search of a poacher, the man carries the gun typically used by poachers in the area. Despite providing a plausible reason for why he has such a weapon, the shadow of doubt nonetheless stretches long indeed within Sanggye’s mind. With a blizzard on the way, the officer believes the poacher has no choice but to come to the ranger’s cabin to survive and he plans to wait for him to make an appearance. When more characters come into play with their own stories, can Sanggye decipher fact from fiction and find the violent criminal in his midst? The debut directorial effort by Trinley, whose father is the master Tibetan auteur Pema Tseden wh...