Old Dog (2011): Cast & Plot

In the late 1990s, high on the windswept plains of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, a motorcycle-riding Tibetan named Gonpo makes a choice that tests family loyalty and traditions. Without his father’s consent, Gonpo sells his father’s prized Tibetan mastiff to a dog dealer, a decision sparked by the animal’s value in a market eager to buy rare, formidable dogs. The mastiff has spent over a decade faithfully assisting with the family’s sheep, a role that has bound the animal to the household as much as to the land itself. When the father discovers the betrayal, he immediately sets out to retrieve both the money and the dog, insisting on correcting the wrong and protecting the animal that has long stood at the heart of the family’s livelihood.