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| Cast |
Jamyang Lodro, Orgyen Tobgyal,
Neten Chokling, Kunsang Nyima |
| Directed by
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Khyentse Norbu |
| Run-time |
94 mins |
| Country |
Bhutan/Australia |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
Buddhism is their philosophy. Soccer is their religion. A hit at
the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, this sweet, engaging comedy is
about a group of mischievous, soccer-obsessed child monks
determined to smuggle a television set into their monastery so
they can watch the World Cup. Featuring wonderful comic turns by
a cast of actual monks from the monastery where the movie was
shot, this film - the first ever produced in Bhutan - examines
the tenets of Buddhism through gentle humour and the
awe-inspiring beauty of Bhutan's landscape.
Rating
PG
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| Creator |
Mike Judge |
| Producer |
John Altschuler and Dave
Krinsky |
| Run-time |
22 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
A long running animation success on FOX, Bobby is the son of
Hank and Peggy Hill, just-folks Americans (often self referenced
as "rednecks") living in the suburbs as the world changes
rapidly around them. Immigration and contemporary culture
challenge them and their friends at every turn. The show thrives
on sharp satire and no subject is sacred or spared.
Rating
PG
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| Cast |
Zhu Xu, He Zheng, Pu Cun Xin, Zhang Jin Hao and Jiang Wu |
| Directed by
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Zhang Yang |
| Run-time |
95 mins |
| Country |
China |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
Set in a neighborhood on the outskirts of modern Beijing, this
is the tale of a prodigal son. The elder son returns to the
place of his youth and his father's old age - an antique
bathhouse that draws the neighborhood men to bathe, gossip, pit
cricket fights, quarrel and sing. This is a deceptively simple
film wearing the veneer of a family comedy but with real depth.
A unique look at how the Buddhist spirit survived China's
Cultural Revolution in the hearts of the stubborn and
compassionate.
This film recently won Best Film and Best Director at the
Seattle Film Festival.
Rating
PG
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| Cast |
Uwe Ochsenknecht and Gustav-Peter Wohler |
| Directed by
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Doris Dorrie |
| Run-time |
109 mins |
| Country |
Germany |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
Having won the Bavarian Film Awards for Best Actor and Best
Production in 2000, this delightful fish-out-of-water comedy
follows two mismatched brothers - one an uptight family man
whose wife just left him, and the other a naďve New Age
enthusiast - traveling to Japan for a retreat at a Buddhist
monastery. After a hilariously disastrous night in Tokyo leaves
them broke, confused, and humiliated, the brothers accidentally
find themselves fully prepared for their immersion in Buddhist
spirituality.
Rating
PG
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| Directed by
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Doris Dörrie |
| Run-time |
100 mins |
| Country |
Germany |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
An up beat documentary about the art of cooking, but also the
art of cooking one's life without burning it, adding too much
salt or over-cooking it. Together, Doris Dörrie and Zen priest
of cookery, Edward Brown, demonstrate that food means much more
than just nutrition and that cooking is a feast of the senses,
as well as an act of love and generosity.
Rating
PG
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| Directed by
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Mark Verkerk |
| Run-time |
97 mins |
| Country |
Netherlands |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
Buddha's Lost Children is a feature-length documentary film
about a Thai Buddhist monk who - armed only with his faith and
master boxer skills - wages an inspirational battle to help
orphaned children, fight drug abuse, and preserve a vanishing
way of life.
Rating
PG
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| Directed by
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Lesley Ann Patten |
| Run-time |
101 mins |
| Country |
Canada |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
Featuring appearances by Bernardo Bertolucci and Steven Seagal,
this personal and revealing feature-length documentary is about
soccer obsessed, charismatic filmmaker and citizen of the world
- Bhutanese lama Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche (director of The Cup
and Travellers & Magicians) from the perspective of three
students; sheds an often comedic light on the student/teacher
relationship, where the teacher in this case has a tendency to
offer teasings rather than teachings, defies prediction and
shatters the image of the serene sage.
Rating
PG
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| Cast |
Sonam Kinga, Deki Yangzom,
Lhakpa Dorji, Tshewang Dendup, Sonam Kinga |
| Directed by
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Khyentse Norbu |
| Run-time |
108 mins |
| Country |
Bhutan |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
Part road movie, part Bhutanese fable, this film is two stories
- one earthly and one magical, played out against the backdrop
of the Himalayas. Dondup is a civil servant posted in a small
village who dreams of greener pastures. A series of events
leaves him stranded on Bhutan's only highway with a mismatched
group of fellow travelers. The mischievous monk in their midst
entertains them with a mysterious fireside tale. The stories
weave together down their respective paths lined with seduction,
deception and dreams. This is the second film from Bhutan-born
Tibetan lama Khyentse Norbu (The Cup).
Rating
PG
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| Creator |
Matt Groening |
| Run-time |
22 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Genre |
Animation |
| Website |
Click here |
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Synopsis
One of the key characters of the most popular animated
television program in the USA - Lisa Simpson finds herself
frustrated with the commercialization of Christmas and seeks an
alternative spiritual path. She encounters a Buddhist monk along
the way (voiced by Richard Gere) and makes a decision.
Rating
NC16
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