Samsara (2001)

Original title

འཁོར་བ།

Directed by

Pan Nalin

Genre

drama film, adventure film, melodrama, romance film

Country

India, Germany, France, Switzerland

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 134 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Buddhist monk named Tashi leaves his monastery to explore worldly life. He falls in love with a woman named Pema and must choose between his spiritual goals and earthly desires.

contemplativespiritualsereneromanticintrospectivevisually lushslow-burnpoetic

What happens

Samsara is a 2001 independent film directed and co-written by Pan Nalin. An international co-production of India, Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland, the film tells the story of a Buddhist monk's quest to find Enlightenment. It stars Shawn Ku as the monk Tashi and Christy Chung as Pema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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