Released:
2007-04-13

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Jampa Kalsang Tamang
  as
  Dhondup
• 
  Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso
  as
  Karma
• 
  Tenzin Jigme
  as
  Jigme
• 
  Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang
  as
  Loga
• 
  Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang
  as
  Tse Topgyal