

Dreaming Lhasa
Visit website4.9/10 • 5
2007-04-13 • 1h 30m
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
- Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin
- Writters
- Tenzing Sonam
- Editors
- Paul Dosaj

Dreaming Lhasa
Visit website2007-04-13 • 1h 30m
4.9/10 • 5
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
- Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin
- Writters
- Tenzing Sonam
- Editors
- Paul Dosaj
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJampa 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $500,000.00
- Revenue
- $21,504.00
- Keywords
- tibetwoman director