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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.~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Production
Fandango [it]; Monsoon Films Private Limited [in]; Pandora Filmproduktion [de]; Paradis Films [fr];

Cast Names
Jampa Kalsang Tamang; Shawn Ku; Christy Chung; Neelesha BaVora; Lhakpa Tsering; Tenzin Tashi; Jamayang Jinpa; Sherab Sangey; Kelsang Tashi; Tsepak Tsangpo;

Box Office
USD 23,560,500

Release Date
2002-01-01 * (Sundance Film Festival)
2002-11-10 (AFI Film Festival)

Genres
Adventure; Drama; Romance;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for strong sexuality and some nudity.

Running Time
2 hr. 25 min.
2 hr. 18 min.
2 hr. 18 min.

Director
Pan Nalin

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nice christy! such a daring scene, i love it.

benni canada
11:51am on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

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