Kundun (1997)
Kundun 1997
Master director Martin Scorsese, who knows America's dark corners and wildlife very well, travels from west to east, this time to Tibet, and tries to explain a foreign culture to him with the help of Kundun, which he filmed without the participation of Western actors. This is a movie about a Tibetan "being" called Kundun, who is believed to be constantly changing bodies through reincarnation of a spiritual leader, whom Buddhists believe is a reflection of Buddha on earth. After the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, it all started with the discovery of a small boy whom the priests believed to be the bearer of this holy leader's spirit. We go back to 1957 when the 14th Dalai Lama, or Kundun, who was considered a "holy spirit" at the age of two, grew up in a Buddhist monastery and was educated by monks and went into exile from his occupied country. China in 1937
Master director Martin Scorsese, who knows America's dark corners and wildlife very well, travels from west to east, this time to Tibet, and tries to explain a foreign culture to him with the help of Kundun, which he filmed without the participation of Western actors. This is a movie about a Tibetan "being" called Kundun, who is believed to be constantly changing bodies through reincarnation of a spiritual leader, whom Buddhists believe is a reflection of Buddha on earth. After the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, it all started with the discovery of a small boy whom the priests believed to be the bearer of this holy leader's spirit. We go back to 1957 when the 14th Dalai Lama, or Kundun, who was considered a "holy spirit" at the age of two, grew up in a Buddhist monastery and was educated by monks and went into exile from his occupied country. China in 1937
