The Cup (1999)

Original title

ཕོར་པ།

Directed by

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Genre

comedy film, association football film

Country

Bhutan, Australia

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

G

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young Tibetan monks in a Himalayan monastery are obsessed with soccer and want to watch the 1998 World Cup final. They try to get a television for their remote monastery despite the rules of their elders.

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What happens

The Cup (Tibetan: ཕོར་པ། or Phörpa) is a 1999 Bhutanese sports comedy film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu in his feature directorial debut. The plot involves two young football-crazed Tibetan refugee novice monks who desperately try to obtain a television for their remote Himalayan monastery to watch the 1998 FIFA World Cup final. The Cup was Bhutan's first-ever submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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