Balloon (12A)

Dargye is a Tibetan shepherd, who has raised three boys with his wife Drolkar. The Chinese government is enforcing quotas on family size so the couple are now content to use birth control, obtained from a clinic, to tow the party line. Drolkar's sister, Shangchu, has turned her back on motherhood entirely and devotes herself to contemplation as a Buddhist nun. Her faith is tested by a chance encounter with old flame Tagbum, a teacher who published a book fictionalising their relationship.