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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Bhutan
- Original language
- Tibetan
- Screenwriter
- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
- Narrative location
- India
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 281922
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- association football
- Image
- Busan-PIFF-Film.festival-01.jpg
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- publication date
- 1999-10-28
- set in period
- 1990s
- title
- Phörpa
- review score
- 70/100
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