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Rating: 8 stars

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toniap tibet dalai lama monks reincarnation WWII China occupation invasion escape political asylum

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Kundun (1997)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Drama | Biography | War

Overview

The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as ‘Kundun’, which means ‘The Presence’. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.

Rated PG-13 | Length 134 minutes

Actors

Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong | Tencho Gyalpo | Tsewang Migyur Khangsar | Gyurme Tethong | Robert Lin | Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin | Tenzin Yeshi Paichang | Tenzin Topjar | Tenzin Lodoe | Geshi Yeshi Gyatso | Losang Gyatso | Sonam Phuntsok | Gyatso Lukhang | Lobsang Samten | Jigme Tsarong | Tenzin Trinley | Namgay Dorjee | Phintso Thonden | Chewang Tsering Ngokhang | Jamyang Tenzin | Tashi Dhondup | Jampa Lungtok | Karma Wangchuk | Kim Chan | Henry Yuk | Ngawang Kaldan | Jurme Wangda | Salden Kunga | John Wong | Gawa Youngdung | Tenzin Rampa | Vyas Ananthakrishnan | Stanley Ipkiss | Ken Leung | Yoon C. Joyce | R. Gern Trowbridge | Ben Wang

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Viewing Notes

Gorgeous cinematography. The story really started pulling me in half-way through and then if felt like the time flew by.

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