Samsara

2002

Samsara

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Indian born filmmaker Pan Nalin makes his directorial debut with this sensual, elegant look at sex and spirituality. Tashi (Shawn Ku) is a gifted young monk who is just completing three years of solitary mediation in the mountains. Sporting long hair and a scraggly beard, Tashi is roused out of his deep mediation and brought back to his monastery by his fellow monks. There he rests up to recover his strength, returning to the usual rigors of monastic life. Though he is highly revered for having attained a profound level of enlightenment, Tashi is surprised to discover the sudden awakening of his own sex drive. While blessing the annual crop, he encounters beautiful peasant girl Pema (Christy Chung) and immediately he falls in love. Arguing that to properly renounce the world he would have to experience it first, he leaves his order and eventually marries Pema. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
  • Rating:
    R (for strong sexuality and some nudity)
  • Genre:
    Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Drama, Romance
  • Directed By:
    Pan Nalin
  • Written By:
    Pan Nalin, Tim Baker
  • In Theaters:
     wide
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  • Studio:
    Miramax Films

Cast

Shawn Ku
as Tashi
Christy Chung
as Pema
Neelesha BaVora
as Sujata
Lhakpa Tsering
as Dawa
Tenzin Tashi
as Karma
Jamayang Jinpa
as Sonam
Sherab Sangey
Kelsang Tashi and Tenzin Tashi
Tsepak Tsangpo
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  • Jan 19, 2012
    Omg this movie. Saw it freshman year for our "Structured Liberal Education" Buddhism module and there is only one scene everybody remembers from it.
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