Category: 32
All Genres: Adventure, Drama
Release Year: 1999
Country: France, UK, Switzerland, Nepal
Runtime: 108
Rating: (0)
Languages: Tibetan, German
Director: Eric Valli
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • In a world of breathtaking beauty unfolds a classic tale of wisdom and adventure.


    • Writing by: Nathalie Azoulai – writer
    Olivier Dazat – writer
    Louis Gardel – writer
    Jean-Claude Guillebaud – writer
    Joshua Sinclair – writer
    Eric Valli – screenplay

    Produced by: Christophe Barratier – producer
    Mick Csaky – associate producer
    Mick Csaky – co-producer
    Danièle Delorme – associate producer
    Danièle Delorme – co-producer
    Jean de Trégomain – executive producer
    Jean de Trégomain – line producer
    Jean-Marc Henchoz – associate producer
    Jean-Marc Henchoz – co-producer
    Jean Labadie – associate producer
    Jean Labadie – co-producer
    Jacques Perrin – producer
    Yves Robert – associate producer
    Yves Robert – co-producer
    Neer Bikram Shah – associate producer
    Neer Bikram Shah – co-producer

    Cast: Thilen Lhondup – Tinle
    Gurgon Kyap – Karma
    Lhakpa Tsamchoe – Pema
    Karma Wangel – Passang
    Karma Tensing – Norbou / Urgien
    Labrang Tundup – Labrang
    Jampa Kalsang Tamang – Jampa
    Tsering Dorjee – Rabkie
    Rapke Gurung – Tundup
    Pemba Bika – Tensing
    Karma Chhewang – Meme / Paljor

    Music: Bruno Coulais
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    Plot Outline: An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo…
    Plot: An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, refuses to give Karma his blessing as the new chief, and organizes a rival caravan to take the salt to lower Nepal to trade for grain. He, a few old men, his son's widow, his grandson, and his second son, a monk, set out on the arduous journey. Fearing storms, Karma has led his caravan out of the village before the auspicious day ordained by the lamas. Tinle's group catches Karma's before the final pass; the two stubborn men lock wills with Tinle's grandson watching.

    Movie Quotes: Daisy Buchanan: I love you now. Isn't that enough?


    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    At the beginning of the credits, there are scenes that take place after the story, where you see Sergei rehearsing with the San Francisco Ballet, Jody rehearsing with Cooper's new ballet company, and Maureen at a new school.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Factual errors: In some copies on the film, when Goya's daughter Rosario is showing him her drawing, sitting on an easel in the background we see “La lechera de Burdeos/The Milkmaid of Bordeaux”, one of the artist's last paintings. The image we see is reversed – the milkmaid is facing to the right and in the original she faces to the left. This is so due to the fact that the negative of some DVDs and some release prints is inverted in a brief middle section of the film that includes this scene. Another scene is that in which he is commissioned to paint the frescoes of San Antonio de la Florida Chapel.

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    • The director, in the commentary on the DVD, says that he was inspired by the book “Caravan Towards Buddha” by Andre Migot. This book was titled “CARAVANE VERS BOUDDHA” when it was published in 1954, but can now only be found under its alternate (English) title, “Tibetan Marches” (translated by Peter Fleming). See also “Au Tibet sur les traces du Bouddha (Collection Itin