Dreaming Lhasa

Story

Synopsis

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

Directors

Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam

Writers

Tenzing Sonam

Language

Tibetan Standard, Tibetan, Central

Country

United Kingdom, India

Release date

13 April 2007

Budget

$500,000

Box office

$21,504

Ensemble

Cast

• Jampa Kalsang Tamang

  Dhondup

• Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso

  Karma

• Tenzin Jigme

  Jigme

• Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang

  Loga

• Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang

  Tse Topgyal

• Tenzin Wangdrak

  Ghen Rabga

• Lobsang Choedon

  Dekyi

• Sonam Phuntsok

  Penjor

• Tsering Ngodup

  Lee

• Jampa Choephell

  Tenzin

• Tsultrim Dolma

  The Oracle

• Sonam Wangdu

  Travel Agent