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The Forbidden Team (2003)
Origin Danemark
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Films about Tibet, Documentary films about sports, Association football films, Documentary films about religion, Films about Buddhism
The documentary film was shot at the preamble to the football international match of June 30, 2000, between Tibet and Greenland. For the Tibetans in exile this was the first international match after many decades since the former national team had broke up.
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Films about Buddhism
The film begins as a chronicle of Rick Ray's journey through India to interview Tenzin Gyatso. The film switches between present and recent past, with stages of the trip introducing sections on the personal history of Tenzin Gyatso, the process used to select a Dalai Lama and Gyatso's journey into exile.
The Saltmen of Tibet (1997)
, 1h48Directed by Ulrike Koch
Origin Suisse
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Documentary films about religion, Films about Buddhism
Le film commence avec l'épopée du roi Gesar chantée par Yumen, une célèbre bardesse tibétaine née en 1957 dans le Kham.
A Song for Tibet (1991)
, 57minutesOrigin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about immigration, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Buddhism
, 1h44Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Sports films, Films about Tibet, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Films about disabilities, Films about Buddhism
, 57minutesDirected by Rosemary Rawcliffe
Origin USA
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Films about Buddhism
Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo - The Great Mother is the first of a trilogy of films about Women of Tibet and recounts the life story of Dekyi Tsering, the mother of one of the world's leading ambassadors for peace, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
, 2h16Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Films about Buddhism
Actors Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako Iwamatsu, Danny Denzongpa, Victor Wong
Austrian mountaineers Heinrich Harrer (Pitt) and Peter Aufschnaiter (Thewlis) are part of a team attempting to summit Nanga Parbat in British India (present-day Pakistan). When World War II begins in 1939, they are arrested by British Indian authorities and imprisoned in a POW camp in Dehradun in the Himalayan foothills, in the present-day Indian state of Uttarakhand. Harrer's pregnant wife, Ingrid, sends him divorce papers from Austria.
Wheel of Time (2003)
, 1h21Directed by Werner Herzog
Origin Inde
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Documentary films about religion, Films about Buddhism
Actors Werner Herzog
La Roue du Temps est un documentaire de Werner Herzog sur le plus grand rituel Bouddhiste de Bodhgaya en Inde.
The Nightingale of Tibet (2013)
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about Tibet
Actors Namgyal Lhamo
The film chronicles the life of Yiga Gyalnang (played by Namgyal Lhamo), a Tibetan Opera singer after she is abducted and held as a prisoner at the Drapchi Prison in Lhasa, Tibet. The prison has been considered a symbol of control and fear and serves as the backdrop for the film.Although the film is set against the backdrop of the prison, the title of the film serves more as a metaphor for the illegal detention and unlawful persecution of Tibetans inside occupied Tibet.
Kundun (1998)
, 2h14Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Films about Buddhism
Actors Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Kim Chan, Ken Leung
The film has a straightforward chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959; the setting is Tibet, except for brief sequences in China and India. It begins with the search for the 14th mindstream emanation of the Dalai Lama. After a vision by Reting Rinpoche (the regent of Tibet) several lamas disguised as servants discover a promising candidate: a child born to a farming family in the province of Amdo, near the Chinese border.
Milarepa (2008)
, 1h30Directed by Neten Chokling
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Fantastic, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Films about Buddhism
Actors Kelsang Chukie Tethong, Jamyang Lodro, Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Milarépa naquit au Tibet, au XI siècle, au sein d’une famille de riches marchands. À sa mort, son père confie l'héritage de la famille à son frère jusqu’à l'entrée de Milarépa dans la vie adulte. Pourtant, l’oncle s’approprie l'héritage et exploite la mère et la jeune sœur de Milarépa. Désespérée, sa mère veut se venger de cette injustice. Elle vend son dernier champ, et envoie Milarépa auprès de Yongten Trogyal, un maître de magie noire. Il jette un sortilège et détruit une partie du village, tuant environ 30 personnes. La foule en colère le poursuit. Milarépa trouve refuge auprès d’un moine, et tandis que sa mère se rejouit de la vengeance accomplie, il est rongé par le remords. C’est alors qu’il reçoit un conseil qui changera sa vie : « Les ennemis naissent de ton esprit; Pour les vaincre, cesse les actions négatives, Cultive les actions positives, et Maîtrise ton esprit ».
Tulku (2012)
, 1h15Directed by Gesar Mukpo
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Films about Buddhism
Actors Gesar Mukpo
Gesar Mukpo begins by interviewing a fellow Canadian, Dylan Henderson, who was the first Caucasian tulku discovered in the West, recognized in 1975 by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche as the incarnation of one of his teachers. The identification was confirmed by Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, who requested that Henderson come to the Rumtek Monastery in India for the rest of his life. Chögyam Trungpa, however, recommended that he remain in the West. Henderson maintains his Buddhist studies and practices, but without the form and structure present in the East. He has a degree in anthropology and history.
Tales of the Night (2011)
, 1h24Directed by Michel Ocelot
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about Tibet, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Julien Béramis, Jonathan Kite, Michel Elias, Olivier Claverie, Yves Barsacq, Fatoumata Diawara
A girl, a boy and an old cinema technician tell stories every night in a small theater. Before each story, the boy and the girl decide, in accordance with the old technician, they will play the characters in the story they will interpret, they also choose a time and a country as well as costumes through documentation the technician brings them, and make clothing and accessories with a computer-controlled machine. They then perform the story on stage.
The Cup (1999)
, 1h33Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Films about Tibet, Association football films, Films about Buddhism
Actors Neten Chokling, Jamyang Lodro
Alors que la Coupe du monde de football 1998 est disputée en France, Palden et Nyima, deux jeunes tibétains ayant fui leur pays arrivent dans un monastère bouddhiste au nord de l'Inde. Ils y reçoivent leur ordination à la vie monastique, mais celle-ci va rapidement laisser place à la passion du football. Palden se retrouve entraîné par Orgyen, son camarade de chambre, à regarder la nuit le match des quarts de finale dans le village voisin. Sur le chemin du retour, ils sont pris sur le fait par le geko, le maître de discipline du monastère, qui les punit. Avec l’approche de la finale, Orgyen réussit, non sans peine, à autoriser la diffusion de la finale de la Coupe du Monde au monastère. Ne possédant cependant pas de télévision, une course contre la montre commence afin de récolter assez d’argent pour en louer une. Après de nombreux obstacles, les résidents du monastère réussissent finalement par regarder la finale France-Brésil tous ensemble.