Unlike the overproduced and overbudgeted Hollywood blockbusters, Himalaya is a stunningly photographed movie that offers an intimate look into the lives of a Dolpo tribe.
Unlike the overproduced and overbudgeted Hollywood blockbusters, Himalaya is a stunningly photographed movie that offers an intimate look into the lives of a Dolpo tribe.
Himalaya, l'Enfance d'un Chef is a fiction film about the forgotten people of Tibet, focusing on their daily lives and traditional customs. In a remote village in the Dolpo in the northwestern Himalayas of Nepal, Tinle, a charismatic old chief, has just lost his eldest son. He refuses to allow his son's friend Karma, whom he holds responsible for his son's death, to lead a caravan of yaks. Karma defies the old man's anger and the shaman's advice and moves the caravan, with the help of other
village youtha, before the date set by the ritual. On the day indicated by the gods, Tinle gets together the village elderly and sets out on the same journey with his second son and his grandson, who is destined to be the next chief. The ancestral struggle between the old man and the mountains begins all over again. Eric Valli traveled in the region for many years and studied the ways of the people before making this film, which is based on the epic lives of two of his Tibetan friends. The film was shot over a nine-month period with a small French crew working under extreme conditions at an altitude reaching 17,000 feet. Scenic shots are spectacular, particularly those depicting the crossing of the high pass. Himalaya, l'Enfance d'un Chef was shown out of competition at the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi
Himalaya is a film about choices, pride and forgiveness, filled with memorable characters and stunning scenery. And if you like yaks, this is the film for you.
Himalaya (2000) Himalaya je priča o drevnom plemenu koje uspeva da pre?ivi tako ?to prodaje so i kupuje ?ito, ali pre toga treba so preneti karavanom preko nepristupačnih planina Tibeta. Klasična priča o rivalstvu između ostarelog stare?ine plemena i mladog sposobnog vodiča koji se takmiče za prevlast u porodici i u
plemenu. Ovaj je film sniman preko 9 meseci u regionu kojem se mo?e preći samo pe?ice, a sve uloge glume prave stare?ine, lame, vodiči i lokalno stanovni?tvo. Inače re?iser Eric Valli je proveo dosta vremena ?iveći u Nepalu od 1983 godine i redovan je dopisnik National Geographic-a, Geo i časopisa Time. Ovo umetničko delo je bilo nominovano za najbolji strani film 2000 godine u takmičenju za Oskara. Film koji ostaje u sećanju po grandioznosti predela i močnoj priči, a posebno glumi natur?čika! Od mene najmanje 8/10... prekrasno!!!!!
February 22, 2009
Panta Oz
Super Reviewer
From one perspective, it is a powerful ethnography of a traditional Tibetan clan, intent on capturing traditions before they die. But it is also an affecting drama stunningly shot in the highest mountain range on earth.
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