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Dreaming Lhasa (2007)
Directed by Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin
Drama, Romance · 1h 30m
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
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin
- Writer
- Tenzing Sonam
- Director of Photography
- Ranjan Palit
- Original Music Composer
- TECHUNG, Andy Spence
- Editor
- Paul Dosaj
- Producer
- Ritu Sarin
Details
- Release date
- 2007-04-13
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- BO
- Spoken languages
- English, Tibetan
- Countries
- India, United Kingdom
- Production
- HanWay Films, White Crane Films
- Budget
- $500,000
- Box office
- $21,504