Dreaming Lhasa

Dreaming Lhasa

2007
1h 30m
4.9

4.9/10

5 votes • View on IMDb
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

Status: Released

Budget: $500,000

Revenue: $21,504

Language: BO

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Production Information

Production Companies
HanWay Films White Crane Films
Production Countries
India United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English Tibetan

Quick Facts

Release Date April 13, 2007
Status Released
Language BO
IMDb ID tt0469686
Website Visit Site

Cast

Jampa Kalsang Tamang
Jampa Kalsang Tamang

Dhondup

Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso
Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso

Karma

Tenzin Jigme
Tenzin Jigme

Jigme

Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang
Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang

Loga

Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang
Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang

Tse Topgyal

Tenzin Wangdrak
Tenzin Wangdrak

Ghen Rabga

Lobsang Choedon
Lobsang Choedon

Dekyi

Sonam Phuntsok
Sonam Phuntsok

Penjor

Tsering Ngodup
Tsering Ngodup

Lee

Jampa Choephell
Jampa Choephell

Tenzin

Tsultrim Dolma
Tsultrim Dolma

The Oracle

Sonam Wangdu
Sonam Wangdu

Travel Agent

Key Crew

Tenzing Sonam
Director
Ritu Sarin
Director
Ritu Sarin
Producer
Raj Singh
Executive Producer
Richard Gere
Executive Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Tenzing Sonam
Writer