| Himalaya - L'Enfance D'Un Chef (1999)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Thilen Lhondup |
Tinle
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| Lhakpa Tsamchoe |
Pema
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| Gurgon Kyap |
Karma
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| Karma Tensing Nyama Lama |
Norbu
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| Karma Wangiel |
Pasang
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| Karma Wangel |
Passang
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| Karma Tensing |
Norbou/Urgien
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| Labrang Tundup |
Labrang
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| Jampa Kalsang Tamang |
Jampa
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| Tsering Dorjee |
Rabkie
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| Rapke Gurung |
Tundup
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| Pemba Bika |
Tensing
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| Plot |
| Himalaya, l'Enfance d'un Chef is a fiction film about the forgotten people of Tibet, focusing on their daily lives and traditional customs. In a remote village in the Dolpo in the northwestern Himalayas of Nepal, Tinle, a charismatic old chief, has just lost his eldest son. He refuses to allow his son's friend Karma, whom he holds responsible for his son's death, to lead a caravan of yaks. Karma defies the old man's anger and the shaman's advice and moves the caravan, with the help of other village youtha, before the date set by the ritual. On the day indicated by the gods, Tinle gets together the village elderly and sets out on the same journey with his second son and his grandson, who is destined to be the next chief. The ancestral struggle between the old man and the mountains begins all over again. Eric Valli traveled in the region for many years and studied the ways of the people before making this film, which is based on the epic lives of two of his Tibetan friends. The film was shot over a nine-month period with a small French crew working under extreme conditions at an altitude reaching 17,000 feet. Scenic shots are spectacular, particularly those depicting the crossing of the high pass. Himalaya, l'Enfance d'un Chef was shown out of competition at the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival. — Gönül Dönmez-Colin |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Drama; Foreign |
| Director |
Eric Valli |
| Producer |
Christophe Barratier; Jacques Perrin |
| Writer |
Olivier Dazat; Eric Valli; Nathalie Azoulai |
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| Studio |
Kino Video |
| Country |
France
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| Language |
Tibetan |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
109 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
8/10/1999 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
326 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
10/26/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
738329023522 |
| Chapters |
16 |
| Release Date |
3/5/2002 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 TIBETAN: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Director's Audio Commentary
A 26-Minute "Making Of" Documentary
The Himalaya Electronic Press Kit
Original Theatrical Trailer
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