SAMSARA
SYNOPSIS
What is more important: satisfying one thousand desires or conquering just one? A spiritual love story set in majestic landscape of Ladakh, in the Himalayas, SAMSARA is a quest, one man's struggle to find spiritual enlightenment.
| DIRECTOR | Pan Nalin |
| YEAR | 2001 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Toronto 2001 Pusan 2001 |
| CAST | Shawn Ku Christy Chung Neelesha BaVora Tenzin Tashi Jamayang Jinpa Sherap Sangey Kelsang Tashi |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Pandora Film in co-production with Paradis Films/Ocean Film Distribution Fandango |
| SUPPORTED BY | Filmstiftung NRW Filmförderungsanstalt Hessische Filmförderung Fonds Sud Media II Development Equinoxe |
| WORLD SALES | Bavaria Film International |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Kinowelt/Arthaus |
| LENGTH | 138 min |
| FORMAT | colour 35mm cinemascope Dolby SRD |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Ladakh (India) |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Ladakhi |
| PRODUCERS | Karl Baumgartner (producer) Christoph Friedel (producer) Claudia Steffen (line producer) Ambrish Arora (line producer India) Reinhard Brundig (co-producer) Marc Sillam (co-producer) Domenico Procacci (co-producer) |
| WRITERS | Pan Nalin (story & writer) Tim Baker (co-writer) |
| CASTING | Vivian Hasbrouk, Andrew Leung |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Rali Ralchev |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Dilip Shankar (production manager) Nick Laws (1st assistant director) |
| EDITING | Isabel Meier |
| MUSIC | Cyril Morin song "Bumblebee" by Dadon |
| SOUND | Bruno Tarriere |
| ART DIRECTION | Petra Barchi (production designer) Amardeep Behl (design concept) Emma Pucci (art director) |
| COSTUMES | Natasha de Betak (costumes) Sumita Dana (co-costumer) |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Laura Schiavo |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | yes |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | yes |
| LINKS | www.samsarathefilm.com |
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