Kundun

The sons of Genghis Khan have for many centuries chosen a Dalai Lama to rule over Tibet. The words Dalai Lama mean “Ocean of Wisdom”. He is the manifestation of the Buda Of Compassion. This is the true story of Tibet’s Dalai Lama.

In 1933 the thirteenth Dalai Lama died. A holyman has been searching for the past four years for the next Dalai Lama. A young boy by the name of Lhamo plays at his farm home on the far outreaches of Tibet close to the border of India. He asks repeatedly for his mother to tell him about the day he was born. She tells him it was a terrible time and his father was sick. He was born at dawn and that’s when his father got better. She also says there were a pair of crows nesting on the roof that day just like the Dalai Lama. A visitor comes to the farmhouse the next day. He has a necklace, and when Lhamo sees it he says that it is his. The man gives Lhamo the necklace but Lhamo’s mother makes him give it back to the visitor. Lhamo is sad when the visitor leaves for Lhasa. Lhamo says he has always wanted to go to Lhasa.

Lhamo is awakened during the middle of the night and is lead into the living room. The visitor is back from Lhasa and has brought people and objects with him. He asks Lhamo to c

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I left out the plot of the Regent because I couldn’t understand the importance of that character to the story. With each pair of items he chooses the item that belonged to the thirteenth Dalai Lama. The people of Tibet are very happy that China has rescued them and they rejoice in China protecting them from the evil western imperialists. As soon as he arrives in his new home in India he sets up his telescope and points to the view across the mountains towards Tibet. Chairman Mao tells Kundun how beautiful Tibet is and what a great country. This person must be some kind of oracle.

Kundun returns to his house and observes that everything is different. Advisors tell Kundun that Tibet may be attacked by outside forces. His brother tells Kundun that if he can’t get Kundun to agree to the seventeen points then the Chinese believe that he will kill Kundun. He and one of the Prime Ministers argue about the Chinese army absorbing the Tibetan army. I thought that the costumes in this movie were spectacular. He learns that the liberation army is very vicious to the town’s people and burns homes and monasteries.

Approximate Word count = 1637
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

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