The Cup (Phörpa)

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Directed by

Khyentse Norbu

Starring

Neten Chokling
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Tracy Mann
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1 year, 5 months ago at Nov 22 2:43

fernando

(MU) Maybe the first long feature film from Bhutan, football and monks, bah, as maif as Dominique nique nique, but bad directed and acted...

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Description: While the World Cup of soccer is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the ... (more)

Release date: 20 April 2000

Tags: Buddhism (3), Football (3), Comedy (2), Monastery (2), Tibet (2), Drama (2), 1999 (2), Monk (1), 93 Min (1), Tibetan Language (1), Hindi Language (1), Myth/religion (1), MMG (1), SnP (1), Sort (1), Contact (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Sports (1), 1990s (1), Relationships (1)

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"The Cup. Talk about good credentials for authenticity! Written by Buddhist monk Khyentse Norbu, who is the director of several spiritual centers in India and elsewhere, it features a group of young Tibetan monks playing a young group of Tibetan monks in Dharamsala, India, the exiled community of the Dalai Lama. The Cup is a refreshing and delightful antidote to more reverent and cautious films about Buddhist monastic life. In their daily life at the monastery, despite their relatively auste"