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Kundun is a american film of genre Drama directed by Martin Scorsese released in USA on 16 january 1998 with Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong

Kundun (1998)

Kundun
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Released in USA 16 january 1998
Length 2h14
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical
Rating69% 3.498323.498323.498323.498323.49832

Kundun is a 1997 epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of 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.

"Kundun" (སྐུ་མདུན་་Wylie: sku mdun in Tibetan), meaning "presence", is a title by which the Dalai Lama is addressed. Kundun was released only a few months after Seven Years in Tibet, sharing the latter's location and its depiction of the Dalai Lama at several stages of his youth, though Kundun covers a period three times longer.

Synopsis

The film has a straightforward chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959; the setting is Tibet, except for brief sequences in China and India. It begins with the search for the 14th mindstream emanation of the Dalai Lama. After a vision by Reting Rinpoche (the regent of Tibet) several lamas disguised as servants discover a promising candidate: a child born to a farming family in the province of Amdo, near the Chinese border.

Actors

Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong

(Le 14e dalaï-lama (adulte))
Kim Chan

(Second Chinese General)
Ken Leung

((voice))
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