My Reincarnation (2011)

Directed by

Jennifer Fox

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Netherlands, Italy

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a Tibetan Buddhist master and his son over twenty years. The father wants to preserve his spiritual tradition, while the son resists the destiny of being recognized as a reincarnated teacher.

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What happens

My Reincarnation is a 2011 documentary film directed by Jennifer Fox. It is a drama between father and son, spanning two decades and three generations. The film addresses spirituality, cultural survival, identity, heritage, family, growing into maturity, aging, Buddhism, and past and future lives. The film follows the Tibetan spiritual master Namkhai Norbu, who struggles to save his spiritual tradition, and his son, Khyentse Yeshi Namkhai, also known as Yeshi Silvano Namkhai (Yeshi), who stubbornly refuses to follow in the footsteps of his father. Yeshi was recognized at birth as the reincarnation of his father's uncle, a spiritual teacher who was killed by the Chinese in Tibet. But though Yeshi craves a normal life, he cannot escape his fate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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