EPLFC Screening: Phorpa, 29th October at 6 PM 0
EPLFC or Ernakulam Public Library Film Club will be doing a public screening of Khyentse Norbu’s Phorpa on 29th October, 2009(Thursday) at 6 PM.
Plot
While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world
Trailer
Details for Phorpa
- Title: Phorpa
- Director: Khyentse Norbu
- Rating: 6.6
- Year: 1999
- Tagline: Buddhism is their philosophy. Soccer is their religion.
- Genre: Comedy, Sport
- Color: Color
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