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MPAA Rating - n/a

Length:
    104 Minutes

Genre:
    Drama

Original Release Date:
    Mar 5, 2002

Director
    Eric Valli

Cast
    Thilen Lhondup, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Gurgon Kyap, Karma Tensing Nyama Lama, Karma Wangiel

 
Movie Summary
Himalaya, lEnfance dun Chef is a fiction film about the forgotten people of Tibet, focusing on their daily lives and traditional customs. In a remote village in the Dolpo in the northwestern Himalayas of Nepal, Tinle, a charismatic old chief, has just lost his eldest son. He refuses to allow his sons friend Karma, whom he holds responsible for his sons death, to lead a caravan of yaks. Karma defies the old mans anger and the shamans advice and moves the caravan, with the help of other village youtha, before the date set by the ritual. On the day indicated by the gods, Tinle gets together the village elderly and sets out on the same journey with his second son and his grandson, who is destined to be the next chief. The ancestral struggle between the old man and the mountains begins all over again. Eric Valli traveled in the region for many years and studied the ways of the people before making this film, which is based on the epic lives of two of his Tibetan friends. The film was shot over a nine-month period with a small French crew working under extreme conditions at an altitude reaching 17,000 feet. Scenic shots are spectacular, particularly those depicting the crossing of the high pass. Himalaya, lEnfance dun Chef was shown out of competition at the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide


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