100 Sunset review – elliptical, elusive drama dreamlike through Toronto’s tight-knit Tibetan community
Her film, her feature directing debut, takes us inside the tight-knit world of Toronto’s Tibetan community, using a cast of nonprofessional actors.
Key points
- Kunsel is shy to the point of wordlessness; she is also a compulsive thief, rifling through handbags and coat pockets, with a knack for pilfering her victims’ most precious belongings.
- In particular, her gaze rests on Passang (Sonam Choekyi), a woman only a couple of years older than herself, who recently moved into number 100 with her husband.
- One night she steals a camcorder, and the shaky footage she subsequently films provides an inkling into her interior life – there is the faintest flicker of voyeurism as she begins spying on her neighbours, filming from her window.
Kunsang Kyirong’s debut feature fades like a vapour trail in a mood of disorientation and dislocation Not much happens and very little is explained in this elliptical, elusive drama by Canadian-Tibetan film-maker Kunsang Kyirong.
Additional details
- Her uncle Geysar (Tsering Bawa) is the caretaker, and runs card games out of their apartment.
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