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Ub Lama

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 52m
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Ub Lama (2011)
A problematic 12 year-old Mongolian kid Galbadrakh (Galaa), who has no father, tries to survive in Mongolian ger (Mongolian house) district by selling goods in a black market and skipping his school. However, one day his mother decides that Galaa should try becoming a lama, a Buddhist monk. This becomes boyÂ’s dream and a plan of survival.  Galaa visits Pethub, one of the most disciplined Buddhist monasteries in Mongolia, and tries to be accepted. In order to achieve this aim, he needs to study hard, get permission from different high lamas and pass through complicated bureaucracy of the monastery.  Will he succeed?
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A twelve year old boy, living in a yurt but in love with hip hop and computer games is caught between modernity and tradition, aspirations and poverty and decides to become a Buddhist monk.A twelve year old boy, living in a yurt but in love with hip hop and computer games is caught between modernity and tradition, aspirations and poverty and decides to become a Buddhist monk.A twelve year old boy, living in a yurt but in love with hip hop and computer games is caught between modernity and tradition, aspirations and poverty and decides to become a Buddhist monk.

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    • Egle Vertelyte
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    A beautiful film
    This is a moving and sensitive film about a boy at a crossroads of his life. This world at times is so alien and at times so familiar, this is the film's great strength and it does not surprising that it has done so well at festivals. With great sensitivity and little judgement, the director manages to portray this boy's life, his desire to become a monk and his relationship with his mother and brother.

    I was genuinely moved by the end, and desperate to know what had happened and what course this boy's life had taken. In fact I was left wanting more. But all the time we are steeped in this far off culture, unfamiliar and fascinating to us, but we end up seeing it through his eyes. Simply beautiful.
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    • Countries of origin
      • Lithuania
      • United Kingdom
      • Mongolia
    • Languages
      • Mongolian
      • Tibetan
    • Also known as
      • Лама из Улан-Батора
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      • Mongolia
    • Production companies
      • Studio Nominum
      • Wostok
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