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6.6While the World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery in India. The atmosphere of serene contemplation is soon disrupted by soccer fever, as the two students desperately seek a TV to watch the final.
Released: 1999-10-2893 minDir: Khyentse NorbuComedy
Cast
- Orgyen Tobgyal as Geko
- Neten Chokling as Lodo
- Jamyang Lodro as Orgyen
- Lama Chonjor as Abbot
- Lama Godhi as Old Lama
- Jamyang Nyima as Sleeping Monk
Themes
- sports
- monk
- world cup
- tibetan
- buddhist monastery
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
3,465 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
70/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Sport
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 281922
- Image
- Busan-PIFF-Film.festival-01.jpg
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- publication date
- 1999-10-28
- title
- Phörpa
- review score
- 70/100
Sources (11)
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Gallery (5)
Connections
BBC
Concept
Himachal Pradesh
Entity
IMDb
Entity
Roger Ebert
Entity
Berlin International Film Festival
Entity
Rotten Tomatoes
Entity
Tibetan people
Entity
comedy film
Entity
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Entity
Little Buddha
Entity
1998 FIFA World Cup Final
Entity
sport film
Entity
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
Entity
śrāmaṇera
Entity
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Entity
Directors' Fortnight
Entity
The Monk and the Gun
Entity
Jeremy Thomas
Entity
Bir, Himachal Pradesh
Entity
Neten Chokling
Entity
Categories
1990s sports comedy films1999 comedy films1999 films1999 sports filmsAssociation football filmsBhutanese comedy filmsFilms about BuddhismFilms about TibetFilms set in 1998Films set in IndiaFilms shot in Himachal PradeshIndian association football filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateTibetan Buddhist art and cultureTibetan-language films