Where was Kundun filmed?

About Kundun

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Released

1997

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

Tenzin Thuthob TsarongYoon C. JoyceLosang SamtenTsewang Jigme TsarongTencho GyatsoLosang GyatsoPhintso Thonden

Genre

DramaBiographicalHistoricalWarWar Drama

The story

The film has a linear chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959; the setting is Tibet, except for brief sequences in China and India.

These and other lamas administer a test to the child in which he must select from various objects the ones that belonged to the previous Dalai Lama.

After a brief power struggle in which Reting is imprisoned and dies, the Dalai Lama begins taking a more active role in governance and religious leadership.

Famous lines from Kundun

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

• Are you the Lord Buddha?Indian border guard

• I believe I am a reflection, like the moon on water. When you see me, and I try to be a good man, you see yourself.Dalai Lama

• Dalai Lama, quoted from François Gautier Les mots du dernier Dalaï-lama

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