Kundun
A beautifully crafted saga of the 14th Dalai Lama, from his childhood in Tibet to his exile following the Chinese takeover. A cast of non-professional actors is remarkable and so is Philip Glass' score culminating in a trance-like climax, owing more to dreams, second sight and the mind's eye than conventional dramatic rhetoric.
Year: 1997
Genre: True Stories, Film Festivals 1998, Best of the 1990s, Spiritual Cinema, Biography, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: USA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong
Duration: 128 Minutes
Rating: M
7/10
Location in store: Drama
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