Wang Zha de yuxue
Wangdrak’s Rain Boots | Wangdraks Gummistiefel

Dorje Druklha
Wang Zha de yuxue | Wangdrak’s Rain Boots | Wangdraks Gummistiefel by Lhapal Gyal
CHN 2018, Generation
© Niu Niu

Renjyi, Dorje Druklha
Wang Zha de yuxue | Wangdrak’s Rain Boots | Wangdraks Gummistiefel by Lhapal Gyal
CHN 2018, Generation
© Niu Niu

Dorje Druklha
Wang Zha de yuxue | Wangdrak’s Rain Boots | Wangdraks Gummistiefel by Lhapal Gyal
CHN 2018, Generation
© Niu Niu

Dorje Druklha
Wang Zha de yuxue | Wangdrak’s Rain Boots | Wangdraks Gummistiefel by Lhapal Gyal
CHN 2018, Generation
© Niu Niu
It’s the rainy season in the Tibetan highlands. It’s good for the crops, but bad for Wangdrak. He’s the only boy in his village who doesn’t own a pair of rain boots – and the other children tease him about it. His father has no money to buy any boots, plus he has other worries: there’s a dispute among the farmers. Secretly, his mother swaps a goat skin for a new pair of light blue boots. But when Wangdrak proudly wears them to school the next day, the children laugh at him again because it has stopped raining and the sun is shining. At least Wangdrak can count on his best friend Lhamo. Set in the vast mountains of Tibet this film affectionately portrays the story of a young boy’s dreams which are bound by the traditional structures of rural life.
With
- Druklha Dorje (Wangdrak)
- Pakmo Yangdrom (Lhamo)
- Jinpa (Khabum)
- Shanma Jyi (Renjyi)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Lhapal Gyal based on the story by Tserang Dondrup |
Cinematography | Lv Songye |
Editing | Shakdor Jyab, Teng Congaing |
Music | Wang Jue |
Sound Design | Wang Shuo, Li Qiyan |
Sound | Sherab Jopa |
Production Design | Tenzin Nyima |
Costumes | Palyang Tso |
Make-Up | Zhao Gang |
Casting | Tashi |
Assistant Director | Dargye Tenzin |
Production Management | Liu Naiyue, Wu Tao, Yu Jianhong |
Executive Producers | Yang Bai, Yu Jianhong, Sonam Gyal |
Supervising Producer | Pema Tseden |
Producers | Chen Zhongguo, Meng Zhong |
Produced by
Values Culture Media
Youth Film Studio
Qinghai Kawajian Film and Culture Dissemination

Film team
At the premiere at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Wang Zha de yuxue · Generation · Feb 21, 2018

Shanma Jyi
The actress at the premiere at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Wang Zha de yuxue · Generation · Feb 21, 2018

Druklha Dorje
The actor at the premiere at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Wang Zha de yuxue · Generation · Feb 21, 2018

Lhapal Gyal, Druklha Dorje
The director and screenwriter together with his main actor at the premiere.
Wang Zha de yuxue · Generation · Feb 21, 2018
Lhapal Gyal

Born in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Qinghai Province of China in 1989, he is a director and screenwriter. He studied at the Beijing Film Academy where he made several short films during his studies. Wang Zha de yuxue is his debut feature film.
Filmography
2013 Youthful Past; short film 2014 Wang Weibao’s Herding Life 2015 Killer; short film · Masked Girl; short film 2016 The Old Times; short film 2017 Wang Zha de yuxue (Wangdrak’s Rain Boots)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018