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Dreaming Lhasa (2007)

Dreaming Lhasa (2007)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 2007, April 13
Directors: Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin
Countries: United Kingdom, India
Production: HanWay Films, White Crane Films
Cast: Sarah Cunningham, Sonam Phuntsok, Tshering Dorji, Jampa Kalsang Tamang, Manish Kumar, Tsering Dorjee Bawa, Sherab Sangpo, Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso, Tenzin Jigme, Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang, Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang, Tenzin Wangdrak

Overview:

Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, goes to Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's exile headquarters in northern India, to make a documentary about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. She wants to reconnect with her roots but is also escaping a deteriorating relationship back home.One of Karma's interviewees is Dhondup, an enigmatic ex-monk who has just escaped from Tibet. He confides in her that his real reason for coming to India is to fulfill his dying mother's last wish, to deliver a charm box to a long-missing resistance fighter. Karma finds herself unwittingly falling in love with Dhondup even as she is sucked into the passion of his quest, which becomes a journey into Tibet's fractured past and a voyage of self-discovery

Keywords:

woman director tibet