Entertainment · Film · 11 hrs ago
100 Sunset follows a shy teenager in Toronto’s Tibetan community
Canadian-Tibetan filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong’s first feature is set among Toronto’s close-knit Tibetan community.
It follows 18-year-old Kunsel, who lives in a high-rise called Sunset Towers and is so shy she rarely speaks.
Kunsel regularly steals from neighbours, then takes a camcorder and begins filming them from her window.
Her attention settles on Passang, a young woman who has recently moved into the building with her husband, and the two women become friends.
They attend English classes and travel outside Toronto as Kunsel gets to know someone more experienced than she is.
A suitcase containing $200,000 from a building savings scheme goes missing, but the film leaves that mystery largely unresolved.
Its subdued, dreamlike approach reflects Kunsel’s sense of disorientation, rather than building toward a clear resolution.
100 Sunset is the feature directing debut of Canadian-Tibetan film-maker Kunsang Kyirong.
The film follows introverted 18-year-old Kunsel in Toronto’s tight-knit Tibetan community.
Kunsel steals a camcorder and begins filming her neighbours, especially Passang, a recent resident of number 100.
The two women become friends, travel to the countryside outside Toronto and attend an English language class together.
A storyline involving $200,000 in missing savings-scheme money remains unresolved.
- Who
- The film follows Kunsel, played by Kenzin Kunsel. It was directed by Kunsang Kyirong.
- What
- 100 Sunset is a drama about a shy teenager in Toronto’s Tibetan community.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Toronto, including the Sunset Towers high-rise and the countryside outside the city.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Kunsel steals a camcorder.
She films her neighbours from her window, with particular attention to Passang.
Kunsel and Passang become friends, travel to the countryside outside Toronto and attend an English language class.
- Director
- Kunsang Kyirong
- Kunsel’s age
- 18
- Building
- Sunset Towers
- Passang’s apartment
- Number 100
- Missing money
- $200,000
What people are saying
Not much happens and very little is explained in this elliptical, elusive drama by Canadian-Tibetan film-maker Kunsang Kyirong.
Kunsel is shy to the point of wordlessness
But in the end, the drama of the missing money, like the film itself, fades like a vapour trail in the sky