Director : Frederick Marx
Screenplay: Frederick Marx
Cinematographer: Nick Sherman, Frederick Marx
Editing: Joanna Kiernan
Sound : Alex Wilmer
Music: Micael Fitzpatrick, Adama Schiff
Voice Over: Richard Gere
Cast.: Gueshé Lobsang Yonten, Lobsang Dhamchoe et les familles du Zanskar, avec la participation de sa sainteté le Dalaï Lama
Production: Warrior Productions
Distribution:
Jupiter Communications
41 rue Claude Terrasse
75016 Paris
Tel: 0033-1.53.84.40.90
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 2010
DCP, Color, 89 min,
OV Hindi & Tibetan, English with French subtitles
To help people and save their culture, two Tibetan monks cross the high passes of the Himalayas with 17 poor children aged from 4 to 12, at the risk of their lives. They take them to Tibetan schools in India. Thirty years ago when they themselves were children, they walked on the same path. The Dalai Lama entrusted them with the difficult task of maintaining the Buddhist culture in Zanskar, a remote place in the North West India, uprooted from its Tibetan origins. On foot or on horseback, their journey aims to lead these children to a better world. They leave being aware they will perhaps not come back before 10 or 15 years. It is a terribly trying journey through passes over 5000 meters high. The story is punctuated with scenes of departure, dreams and disillusions.
