Days get colder and the characters of Kunsang Kriyong’s 100 Sunset hunker down, staying in their apartments, and it gives the protagonist Kunsel (Tenzin Kunsel) to use her stolen camera. Kunsel steals things like cameras from within her community of Little Tibet in Toronto, using the thing to spy on her neighbour, Passang (Sonam Choekyi).
100 Sunset depicts Kunsel’s community, meeting through card games, her striking while everyone’s vulnerable. Sometimes, it just shows her and Passang’s fast friendship, as they explore Ontario. But Kunsel and Passang’s story doesn’t begin well and it may not end well. Passang knows Kunsel’s MO, so why does she trust her during their trips?
These two characters serve as fresh eyes in capturing a city I live in. The film depicts Toronto beautifully, a city of movement, of people anticipating new discoveries. Yes, sometimes, 100 Sunset feels like a film where characters just drink tea and eat. There’s nothing wrong with a hangout film that has a mystery that’s bubbling underneath. The film does have its share of filler scenes but it’s an otherwise good diptych. Kunsel and Passang’s youth serve as a contrast in a community of quirky elders.
There’s also something enigmatic about the day trip scenes in 100 Sunset and its silences. Evoking twentieth century art, the cinematography evokes a nature that holds generations of secrets. Using a lo-fi approach doesn’t always work 100% in depicting Tibet’s diaspora, but for the most part, I like its artistic choices and its indelibly haunting aura.
- Rated: Unrated
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Release Date: 9/6/2025
- Directed by: Kunsang Kyirong
- Starring: Kelsang Dolma, Lobsang Tenzin, Sonam Choekyi, Tenzin Kunsel, Tsering Dolma, Tsering Dorjee Bawa, Tsering Gyats
- Produced by: Joaquin Cardoner, Kristina Wong, Kunsang Kyirong
- Written by: Kunsang Kyirong
- Studio: Migmar Pictures
