One and Four

Written and directed by

Jigme Trinley

88 min - China - 2.39:1 - Tibetan & Mandarin - Color

Shanghai Maoyan Pictures Co., Ltd.

Dzona Pictures
Mani Stone Pictures
iQIYI Pictures
Sight Way Media
Qianyi Culture
Present

Light on Earth Pictures

Chuang Li Entertainment
Co-present

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Mani Stone Pictures
Production

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Mofei Pictures
Co-production

Distribution Contact: Mani Stone Pictures

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 Synopsis
One day in the late 1990s, a blizzard was about to hit a forest on the Tibetan
Plateau, and three uninvited guests broke into the forest ranger's wooden house.
Subsequently, the ranger was involved in the case of a police officer chasing
poachers. When confronted, the ranger could not judge the truth, and the whole
incident became more intricate...

Director
Jigme Trinley is a Tibetan director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Beijing
Film Academy in 2020 with a BA in Film Directing. His documentary film They Make
Films on the Plateau is in the permanent collection of Chinese Independent Film
Archive (UK). One and Four is his debut feature film and was shortlisted in the
competition section of 34th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Filmography
One and Four, feature, 2021
They Make Films on the Plateau, documentary, 2018
 Producers

Pema Tseden is a Tibetan director, screenwriter and author. His published works, in
both Tibetan and Chinese, include Temptation, The Color of Death, and Tharlo. His
works have received numerous literature awards and have been translated into
English, French, German, Japanese, Czech.

Most of Pema Tseden’s films were shot in Tibetan language by Tibetan teams. His
films include The Silent Holy Stones, The Search, Old Dog, Tharlo, Jinpa and Balloon.
From his realistic, meticulous portrayal of his native land, people have a new
understanding of Tibetan culture and its living conditions. His films have been
nominated at the Venice International Film Festival, Locarno International Film
Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and other major international film
festivals, where they have received Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted
Screenplay Awards and over forty other domestic and international prizes.

Wang Lei, a producer and poet, founder of Beijing Words Film Screening Project
and Shenzhen Lifting Weight Film Festival, jury member of film selection team of
Shanghai International Film Festival Documentary Unit. His works include Balloon,
Damp Season, The White Cow and One and Four.

Actors
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Jinpa
An accomplished actor and poet, Jinpa studied
at the Beijing Film Academy. In addition to
staring in six films to date, he also has had
numerous poems published. For his
performance in Zhang Yang’s Soul on a String,
he was nominated in Taiwan’s Golden Horse
Award’s (2016) for Best New Performer.
 Wang Zheng is a well-known actor for TV series in
China. He has often played the role of a soldier or a
police officer. One and Four is his first feature film.

Cast

JINPA Sanggye
Wang Zheng The tall guy
Kunde Kunbo
Darggye Tenzin The short guy
Tsemdo Dorje

Crew

Producers Pema Tseden & Wang Lei

Executive Producer Hou Keming
Director & screenwriter Jigme Trinley
Director of Photography Lv Songye
Art Director Daktse Dundrup
Music Ding Ke
Editor Jin Di
Sound Supervisor Li Dan-Feng
Production Sound Mixer Wang Shuo

Based on the novel by Jamyang Tsering

 Reviews

Only here, in this blizzard-bound cabin with four men, four guns, an ax and a haul
of antlers and fox pelts in play, the standoff soon starts to feel Tarantino-esque: the
denouement of “Reservoir Dogs” playing out in a “Hateful Eight” setting.

--Jessica Kiang, Variety

To his credit, Trinley does a great job of showing rather than telling, and lets his
visuals do a great deal of the heavy narrative and thematic lifting; the apple clearly
doesn’t fall far from the tree. But compared with the sober Tseden, he has a bit
more fun with his storytelling, going so far as to include a jump scare straight out of
the horror playbook to introduce Kunbo. It signals the character’s potential to be a
threat, which is a nice touch for Trinley to exploit in the service of some rapid
character development.

--Elizabeth Kerr, The Hollywood Reporter