Dreaming Lhasa
2007 · 90 min
Drama · Romance
★ 5.4Trailer
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
Crew
- Director Ritu Sarin
- Director Tenzing Sonam
- Writer Tenzing Sonam
- Director of Photography Ranjan Palit
Cast
Crew
- Director — Ritu Sarin
- Director — Tenzing Sonam
- Writer — Tenzing Sonam
- Director of Photography — Ranjan Palit
External reads
No articles linked yet.
🔥 Hot takes
warming up the wall…
Metadata & streaming data: TMDB (JustWatch). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.