The film picks up the story of a photographer and a director travels from village to village looking for actors to star in a film based on the Tibetan opera Drimé Kunden, a legendary account of a prince who selflessly gives away his children and his own eyes to those in need.
[4] The Search won Special Jury Award at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Goblet.
[5] A boss leads a director and a photographer to Tibet to look for an actor to star in a film based on the Tibetan opera Drimé Kunden, a legendary account of a prince who selflessly gives away his children and his own eyes to those in need.
In order to find a suitable actor, they visits many Tibetan villages, towns and Townships, and monasteries.
The girl asks to follow them to find her former boyfriend, the director answers her request.