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This film offers us the remarkable opportunity to follow a Tibetan Lama on his return to his birthplace after a 30 year exile, in a region forbidden to foreigners since 1959. Phendé Rimpoché fled from Kham (Eastern Tibet) in the midst of the Chinese invasion and after many peregrinations married a French Buddhist. They are now living in Normandy (France) where they teach Tibetan Buddhism. After a long wait for Beijing’s authorization, the Lama and his family are finally allowed to return to Tibet for a one-month visit. After being deprived of a spiritual leader for thirty years, the villagers anxiously awaited his arrival. He is after all considered a living Buddha. Phendé Rimpoché’s overwhelming emotion carries us on a spiritual and visual journey through the land, the culture, and the people with which he can physically but not emotionally separate. Through the Lama’s eyes, we discover the reality of the Tibetan people. Deprived of political autonomy, they nonetheless face adversity with faith and courage since true freedom for them is a spiritual one.

Return to KHAM
	Documentary Duration : 52 ' Support : Digital Betacam - stereo - 4/3 Originale version : French Available version : English Directors : Jeanne Mascolo De Filippis Bruno Vienne
This film offers us the remarkable opportunity to follow a Tibetan Lama on his return to his birthplace after a 30 year exile, in a region forbidden to foreigners since 1959. Phendé Rimpoché fled from Kham (Eastern Tibet) in the midst of the Chinese invasion and after many peregrinations married a French Buddhist. They are now living in Normandy (France) where they teach Tibetan Buddhism. After a long wait for Beijing’s authorization, the Lama and his family are finally allowed to return to Tibet for a one-month visit. After being deprived of a spiritual leader for thirty years, the villagers anxiously awaited his arrival. He is after all considered a living Buddha. Phendé Rimpoché’s overwhelming emotion carries us on a spiritual and visual journey through the land, the culture, and the people with which he can physically but not emotionally separate. Through the Lama’s eyes, we discover the reality of the Tibetan people. Deprived of political autonomy, they nonetheless face adversity with faith and courage since true freedom for them is a spiritual one.
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