Balloon
2019 1h 42m movie Film China

Balloon

དབུགས་ལྒང་།

Synopsis

དབུགས་ལྒང་།

On the Tibetan grasslands, Darje and Drolkar live a serene and ordinary life with their three sons and the grandfather. A condom sparks a series of embarrassment and dilemma, breaking the harmony of the family. What matters more in the circle of life and death, soul or reality?

The 2018–2020 China Window

219 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Balloon sits at position #94.

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The 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Balloon premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.

'1028'1140'1230'1326'1437'1544'1662'1785'1877'1986

Reception Benchmarks

7.1
TMDB Rating
36
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #315 of 946 China films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Drama productions specifically: #204 of 547 (top 37%).

Production Details

Primary Country China
Original Language Bo
Spoken Languages Mandarin, Tibetan
Production Companies Factory Gate Films, iQiyi Motion Pictures, Mani Stone Pictures
Runtime 1h 42m
Release Date September 8, 2019
IMDb tt10703752

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