在与天相连的莽莽群山之中有一座藏族村寨，由于生产的粮食不够自给，世世代代靠运盐为生。老首领天尼的儿子本应是下一任村里的头人，却在运盐的路上意外身亡，而众望所归的继任者卡玛在天尼的眼中则是为夺头人之位而蓄意害死自己儿子的罪犯。在一次新的运盐旅程开始前夕，村子里以老天尼和卡玛分别为首的两派各持一辞，互不相让。最终卡玛带领年轻人在提前于老人们占卜的日子出发，而天尼而带领自己当喇嘛的儿子和孙子以前一群老随从按占卜的日子上路。运盐队伍不仅一路风餐露宿还要应对群山之中意想不到的危险，两支运盐的队伍谁能克服艰难险阻先到达旅途的终点？本片影像风格粗狂绮丽、荡气回肠，宛如仙乐般的藏密梵音贯穿始终，令人心旷神怡。

In a nightmarish future, the wealthy elite maintain The Circle, a stratum of society that can use technology for regeneration, although it's unclear if a person is regenerated into reality or if this New Life is a cyber world. Thomas Steiner is regenerated, thanks to his mother, and it seems her goal is for him to lose his homosexuality. He awakens from his regeneration with memories of Kazo, a man he loved. He goes in search of him. But, was Kazo ever real? And what will mother make of this son who leaves the safety of The Circle in search of something else?