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Genres:
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Drama /
Music
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Director:
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Bernardo Bertolucci
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Actors:
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Ruocheng Ying,
Chris Isaak,
Alex Wiesendanger,
Raju Lal,
Greishma Makar Singh,
Sogyal Rinpoche,
Ven. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche,
Ven. Geshe Tsultim Gyelsen,
Keanu Reeves,
Bridget Fonda
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Duration:
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123 min.
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Rating:
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(5.7/10)88
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Plot Summary:
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Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his unsympathetic dominie, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad, Raju, a waif from Kathmandu, and an broke classify Indian girl. Together, they journey to Bhutan where the three children requirement undergo a to prove which is the true reincarnation. Interspersed with this, is the story of Siddharta, later known as the Buddha. It traces his spiritual journey from ignorance to place enlightenment.
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Little Buddha
Bertolucci revisits the haunts he mapped out so successfully with The Form Emperor, this time with less pleasing results. Comprising two explicit strands, Little Buddha details the reaction of Seattle parents Bridget Fonda and Chris Isaak to the bulletin that their nine year outdated son Alex (Weisendanger) may be the reincarnation of a outstanding Buddhist bossman. Event parallel to this is a sort of Buddhism For Beginners, documenting the ecclesiastical journey of Siddhartha (Reeves) journey from pampered prince to enlightened sage. Bertolucci's regular cinematographer, Vittorio Storaro, ensures the integument not ever looks anything less than outstanding. Emaciated but collected, Reeves' scenes are bathed in a warm wash of reds and yellows, lotus leaves spr...
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