When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

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When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

2010

1h 55m

Documentary

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The Dalai Lama brings 500 Tibetan leaders together to discuss policy toward China.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/05/2017

3/5

Tibet is doomed: that's the gloomy take-away from this lengthy, sporadically illuminating examination of the ongoing fallout from China's bloody 1950 occupation.

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Guy Lodge

London Evening Standard

08/16/2013

2/5

You needn't disagree with the film's cause to feel oppressed by its propagandistic approach - not to mention Philip Glass's relentlessly mournful score.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

08/15/2013

3/5

A valuable though flawed documentary about the international movement to free Tibet from Chinese rule ...

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Ben Nicholson

CineVue

03/02/2019

3/5

It's all interesting if never quite absorbing and whilst the Dalai Lama himself is always good value, When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun is probably a film for those already sympathetic to the cause than an exposé to rally new supporters.

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Katherine McLaughlin

ViewLondon

08/15/2013

3/5

An extremely powerful documentary about Tibet's struggle for emancipation from China that's passionate in its plea and highly informative, although slightly bloated.

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04/26/2011

You know what the REAL crime is...over 50 years of oppression that will get swallowed up by history....

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Dirk Simon

Director

Dennis Haysbert

Narrator

Dirk Simon

Screenwriter

Kristen Simon

Screenwriter

Dennis Haysbert

Producer

Vanessa Philippe

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Synopsis

The Dalai Lama brings 500 Tibetan leaders together to discuss policy toward China.

Director: Dirk Simon
Producer: Dennis Haysbert, Vanessa Philippe
Screenwriter: Dirk Simon, Kristen Simon
Production Co: Free Motion Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 55m