Kundun
The destiny of a people lies in the heart of a boy.
Overview
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
- Budget
- $28,000,000
- Revenue
- $5,684,789
- Production
- Touchstone Pictures, Cappa/De Fina Productions
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Cast
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Dalai Lama (Adult)
Tencho Gyalpo
Mother
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar
Father
Gyurme Tethong
Dalai Lama (Age 12)
Robert Lin
Chairman Mao
Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin
Dalai Lama (Age 5)
Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Dalai Lama (Aged 2)
Kim Chan
Second Chinese General
Henry Yuk
General Tan
Ken Leung
(voice)
Yoon C. Joyce
Chinese soldier (uncredited)
Ben Wang
General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writers
- Melissa Mathison
- Producers
- Barbara De Fina,Laura Fattori
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Composer
- Philip Glass
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CinemaSerf
September 6, 2022
If anyone were ever to question the undoubted skill of cinematographer Roger Deakins, then they need only watch this beautifully crafted story of the youth of the 14th Dalai Lama. Filmed in the Moroccan Atlas mountains, for obvious reasons, Martin Scorsese provides us with a lavish, colourful and thought-provoking postulation on just how this young man was selected, after a four year search, to become the venerated spiritual leader of a peaceful nation of farmers and monks, buried deep in the Hi…