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Kundun. Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a grandnephew of the Dalai Lama, stars as the adult Dalai Lama, while Tencho ...
- $28 million
- Philip Glass
- December 25, 1997 (United States)
- Barbara De Fina
Kundun: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang. From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
- Martin Scorsese
- 1 min
second assistant director Norman Berns ... second assistant director: "Sand Mandala" sequence E.J. Foerster ... second unit director: British Columbia Abraham Fraser ... second assistant director: British Columbia second unit Rachid Gaidi ... assistant director Scott Harris ... first assistant director
Jan 16, 1998 · "Kundun" is structured as the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, but he is simply a vessel for a larger life or spirit, continuing through centuries. That is the film's strength, and its curse. It provides a deep spirituality, but denies the Dalai Lama humanity; he is permitted certain little human touches, but is essentially an icon, not a man.
Play Movie Trivia. Kundun. PG-13 Released Dec 6, 1997 2h 14m Drama List. 74% 62 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score In 1937, a two-and-a-half year old boy from a simple family ...
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- Martin Scorsese
- PG-13
- Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Oct 18, 2023 · Later, when one of the boyhood Dalai Lama’s closest advisers dies in prison after allegedly organizing an uprising, the film offers few details beyond a quick shot of his death. To the 12-year ...
The film follows him into adulthood: when he is 14, the Chinese invade Tibet and he is forced into a shaky coalition government; he travels to China to meet with a cynical Mao; and, finally, in 1959, ill and under siege, he flees to India. Throughout, he has visions of his people's slaughter under Chinese rule. — <jhailey@hotmail.com>.
