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Dreaming Lhasa
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | April 13, 2007 |
| Running time: | 90 minutes |
| Cast: | Jampa Kalsang, Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso, Tenzin Jigme, Phuntsok Namgyal Dhumkhang, Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang |
| Director: | Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam |
| Producer: | Ritu Sarin |
| Writer: | Tenzing Sonam |
| Distributor: | First Run Features |
Description: 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.
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