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Dreaming Lhasa

DramaRomance
5.4·2007·1h 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 forme...

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Jampa Kalsang Tamang

Dhondup

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Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso

Karma

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Tenzin Jigme

Jigme

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Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang

Loga

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Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang

Tse Topgyal

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Tenzin Wangdrak

Ghen Rabga

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Lobsang Choedon

Dekyi

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Sonam Phuntsok

Penjor

DIRECTORS

Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin

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