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The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo)

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Bilge Ebiri Spirituality & Health 03/20/2020
The Sweet Requiem is an admirable, sometimes surprising look at the tragedy of displacement, both the geographic and the psychological kind. Go to Full Review Glenn Kenny New York Times 07/11/2019
The film puts its points across with a delicacy and sobriety rare in moviemaking. Go to Full Review Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter 09/11/2018
Intensely personal and emphatically universal filmmaking. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 11/03/2020
The Sweet Requiem combines harrowing adventure with the intrigue of present-day borders-crossing espionage and harassment. Go to Full Review Alex Saveliev Film Threat 07/22/2019
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The Sweet Requiem is also a call to action, a statement on the Chinese invasion of Tibet (whose desperate citizens resort to self-immolation), and by extension, a representation of all the lost souls exiled from their land. Go to Full Review Louis Proyect Counterpunch.org 07/12/2019
A cri de coueur from Tibetan filmmakers that speak on a behalf of a country resisting forced assimilation. Well-acted and directed, it relies on an intelligent use of flashbacks that shows how oppression can trigger the most desperate of flights. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/18/2019 I saw this at the National Film Theatre, London yesterday. I thought it superb. It is a compelling and informative film, whether one knows anything about the plight of Tibet or not. I have seen many documentaries on the subject but none can hope to capture the realities of (for example) mothers having to say farewell to their children, the brutality of crossing the Himalayas on foot or the tangled, suspicious world of the Tibetan diaspora. I have to disagree with the person who has written that it is 'flat' - it has not fallen prey to the temptation to overdramatise or be contrived but the characters, the scenarios, the settings, ring emphatically true. See more Read all reviews
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Ritu Sarin

Director

Tenzin Dolker

Actor

Jampa Kalsang Tamang

Actor

Rabyoung Thonden Gyalkhang

Actor

Shavo Dorjee

Actor

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Director
Ritu Sarin