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Samsara

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7.7/10
7.9K
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Samsara (2001)
  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • Romance
A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's str... Read allA spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. But their destiny turns, twists ... Read allA spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. But their destiny turns, twists and comes to a surprise ending...
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
7.9K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Pan Nalin
  • Writers
    • Pan Nalin(story)
    • Tim Baker(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shawn Ku
    • Christy Chung
    • Neelesha Barthel
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  • Director
    • Pan Nalin
  • Writers
    • Pan Nalin(story)
    • Tim Baker(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shawn Ku
    • Christy Chung
    • Neelesha Barthel
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    • 48User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations

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    Shawn Ku
    Shawn Ku
    • Tashias Tashi…
    Christy Chung
    Christy Chung
    • Pemaas Pema…
    Neelesha Barthel
    • Sujataas Sujata
    • (as Neelesha BaVora)
    • …
    Lhakpa Tsering
    • Dawaas Dawa…
    Tenzin Tashi
    • Karmaas Karma…
    Jamayang Jinpa
    • Sonamas Sonam…
    Sherab Sangey
    • Apoas Apo…
    Kelsang Tashi
    • Jamayangas Jamayang…
    Tsepak Tsangpo
    • Chen Tulkuas Chen Tulku…
    Norbu Dolma
    • Dolmaas Dolma
    Sonam Gyatso
    • Tenzimas Tenzim
    Jampa Kalsang Tamang
    • Wedding Singeras Wedding Singer
    • Director
      • Pan Nalin
    • Writers
      • Pan Nalin(story) (screenplay)
      • Tim Baker(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Kelly Dorji was offered the lead role but declined.
    • Goofs
      Tashi blows up a stick of wood he is using to light butterlamps. Tibetan people don't blow on flames, since this is regarded as damaging to your health.
    • Quotes

      Written on Stone: How can one prevent a drop of water from ever drying up?

      Written on Stone: By throwing it into the sea...

    • Crazy credits
      Credits scroll from the top to bottom of the screen.
    • Connections
      Featured in Remember Me, My Love (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Bumblebee
      Written by Dadon

      Lyrics by H.H. 6th Dalai Lama

    User reviews48

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Different way of interpretation of Buddism
    I found this movie, a very interesting and meaningful. There were not more than 100 words went on in this movie but the picture itself, gave the viewer many things to think about. What Tashi really did was reversing the Buddha path. Buddha was the one normal human being before he realize the need to discover what life is all about, what he discovered was suffering in living one life. He tried to find the ways to settle with all the suffering, not by avoiding but realize that there are suffering and and he faced it in the noble way.

    Tashi, however, live his life in the monastery, believe in something he was told to believe not something that he discovered himself. Every human has the feeling of sexual awakening at one point of time, what Tashi did was that he quit the monk-hood, partly because the guiltiness of having such feeling but at the same time desire to discovered the reality for himself. HE entered into the life and began to discover with all the truth in the world, full with desire, anger, jealously, deception etc. but at the same time he discover love, caring, warmth, and happiness. The decision he chose, for me, he was running away from suffering by going back to peace and serenity of being monastery. What he did was not totally right or totally wrong but it does suggesting something. HE is avoiding all the desire that always backfire him throughout the movie. Pema came to him and enlighten him with her thought. Enlightenment does not mean that you have to quit all the normal life and being alone in the temple to cut all the desires. Maybe what make you enlightened is the fact that you stay in life and faced the suffering in the acceptable noble ways. Maybe it is satisfy most of the need but at the same time conquer your own self.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 30, 2002 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • India
      • Germany
      • France
      • Italy
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Fandango (Italy)
      • ocean films (France)
    • Languages
      • Tibetan
      • Ladakhi
    • Also known as
      • Самсара
    • Filming locations
      • Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
    • Production companies
      • Pandora Filmproduktion
      • Paradis Films
      • Fandango
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,278,767
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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