The Last Dalai Lama? (2016)

A portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama, featuring interviews with his family and the people he has inspired since his exile from Tibet in 1959.

Director:

Mickey Lemle

Writer:

Mickey Lemle

Stars:

George W. Bush, Rinchen Khando Choegyal, Tenzin Choegyal

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
George W. Bush	...	Self
Rinchen Khando Choegyal	...	Self
Tenzin Choegyal	...	Self
Thupten Chokdhen	...	Self
The Dalai Lama	...	Self
Richard Davidson	...	Self
Eve Ekman	...	Self
Philip Glass	...	Self
Daniel Goleman	...	Self
Joan Halifax	...	Self
Pico Iyer	...	Self
Thupten Jinpa	...	Self
James A. Kowalski	...	Self
James Parks Morton	...	Self
Thupten Jigme Norbu	...	Self

Storyline

A portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama, featuring interviews with his family and the people he has inspired since his exile from Tibet in 1959.

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Plot Keywords:

tibetan buddhism | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Heart Strings
Composed by Tenzin Choegyal
Performed by Tenzin Choegyal
Courtesy of Tenzin Choegyal

User Reviews

Flimsy doc that fails to do justice to a great man

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is the subject of this documentary which is so messy and poorly put together that it feels almost like a waste of time to watch it.

First off this isn't really a great primer on His Holiness and is actually a loose sequel of sorts to a documentary filmmaker Mickey Lemle made 25 years earlier. Secondly the film lacks any kind of structure, it peters out around the 60 minute mark, comes back for a ten minute sequence on George W. Bush, fades out again and then comes back for some more talking heads and then finally mercifully ends.

It's very disappointing work from Lemle who has great access both to his Holiness and to several members of his inner circle and family.

The best parts by far are the parts where His Holiness talks a bit about his view of the world and also the politics of his life in exile are talked about a bit (only a very little, the movie assumes familiarity with his situation).

It's really too bad but the film comes across as a little stale and cold, completely unlike the man at the centre of the story.

Details

Official Sites:

film website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 July 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der letzte Dalai Lama

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$900,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,786, 9 July 2017

Gross USA:

$145,524

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$145,524

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lemle Pictures Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color (HD)