Kekexili, the largest wildlife reserve in china, is home to many rare species. Mountain patrol, peppered with shocking revelations of just how suddenly and brutally death can come calling, has the look and feel of a documentary. Le film mountain patrol 2004 vostfr admin 20170406t21. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Inspired by a peoples remarkable mission, this film follows a journalist through the dangerous mountains of tibet, documenting a group of vigilantes chasing antelope poachers. From awardwinning international action director lu chuan comes the dramatic adventure of mountain patrol kekexili. Kekexili mountain patrol trailer for hec mba chinese culture week, movie night on 10th february 2009. Despite the sporadic film school allusions, mountain patrol has its own very specific take on things. Mountain patrol from awardwinning international action director lu chuan comes the dramatic adventure of mountain patrol kekexili. A mountain patrol struggles to save antelopes from. Kekexili charts one local moment in the global clash between capitalism and conservation.
These are hard, violent men, risking their lives to save an. Mountain patrol is a 2004 film by chinese director lu chuan that depicts the struggle between vigilante rangers and bands of poachers in the remote tibetan region of kekexili. What is remarkable is that this film is based on a true story, and filmed on the actual locations. Kekexili 2004 film for free as part of our trial offer. In kekexili he meets ritai played by tibetan actor tobgyal, or duo bujie in mandarin at the sky burial of the deceased patrol member. Kekexili takes place on the remote tibetan plateau, the kekexili, four miles above sea level where there is a voluntary mountain patrol employed to keep.
The film opens with the summary execution of a patrol member by poachers and then follows, in quasidocumentary style, reporter ga yu played by zhang lei who is sent from beijing to investigate. The nissan armada mountain patrol aims squarely at the adventure and overland crowd. When photojournalist ga yu zhang lei arrives at the kekexili mountain patrol camp, they are mourning the death of. Mountain patrol is a chinese film, which raises questions that are hard to answer. Watch full episode of kekexili mountain patrol chinese. Is it designed to paint a positive picture of chinas occupation of tibet. Protecting the antelope from poachers is the same as protecting tibet from chinese poaching. In the 1990s, a tiny group of tibetan activists struggle to stop the poaching of the.
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