Feature Debut 100 Sunset Reaches Cinemas
Canadian-Tibetan filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong explores Toronto’s tight-knit Tibetan community in her elliptical feature directing debut, 100 Sunset, which arrives in UK and Irish cinemas on 13 November, The Guardian reported.
The drama follows introverted 18-year-old Kunsel, played by nonprofessional actor Tenzin Kunsel, who lives in a grey slab high-rise block nicknamed Sunset Towers. Her uncle Geysar, played by Tsering Bawa, works as the building caretaker and runs card games out of their apartment.
Kunsel Steals a Camcorder and Spies on Her Neighbors
Kunsel is a compulsive thief with a knack for pilfering her victims’ most precious belongings from handbags and coat pockets. One night she steals a camcorder, and the shaky footage she films provides an inkling into her interior life as she begins spying on her neighbors from her window, according to The Guardian.
Her gaze rests particularly on Passang, played by Sonam Choekyi, a woman a couple of years older than herself who recently moved into number 100 with her husband. The two women become friends, travelling on the subway to the wintry countryside outside Toronto and taking an English language class together.
Missing Cash Reflects Kunsel's Disorientation and Dislocation
The narrative offers potential for suspense involving a suitcase stuffed with $200,000 in cash, which represents the payout from an informal savings and lending scheme in the building. In the end, the drama of the missing money fades like a vapour trail in the sky.
The film’s mood of disorientation and dislocation reflects Kunsel’s state of mind.