The Sweet Requiem

Name: The Sweet Requiem
Genre: Drama
Released: July 12, 2019
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Jampa Kalsang Tamang, Nyima Dhondup, Rabyoung Thonden Gyalkhang, Rinchen Palzom, Shavo Dorjee

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Juno Films | Release Date: July 12, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Jampa Kalsang Tamang, Nyima Dhondup, Rabyoung Thonden Gyalkhang, Rinchen Palzom, Shavo Dorjee, Tashi Choedon, Tenzin Dechen, Tenzin Dolker, Tenzin Phuntsok, Tsetun Dolma

Summary: Dolkar, a 26-year-old exiled Tibetan, lives in Delhi. 18 years ago, she escaped from Tibet with her father, making a perilous trek across the Himalayas that ended in tragedy. Dolkar has suppressed all recollection of that traumatic incident. But when she unexpectedly encounters Gompo, the guide who abandoned them during their journey,Dolkar, a 26-year-old exiled Tibetan, lives in Delhi. 18 years ago, she escaped from Tibet with her father, making a perilous trek across the Himalayas that ended in tragedy. Dolkar has suppressed all recollection of that traumatic incident. But when she unexpectedly encounters Gompo, the guide who abandoned them during their journey, memories of her escape are reignited and she is propelled on an obsessive search for retribution and closure. Flashbacks of her desperate journey with a small group through a harsh and desolate Himalayan terrain punctuate her growing predicament in the present as she follows Gompo through the claustrophobic alleys of the Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi. The two stories moving in tandem, both determined by a series of fateful choices, reach their conclusion as Dolkar and Gompo finally confront each other.… Expand

Director: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Alex Saveliev

Jul 23, 2019

One of the many things that makes Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s drama The Sweet Requiem so special and refreshing is that it doesn’t resort to easy political speechifying. The filmmakers deliver a taut, lyrical story that leaves a shadow, that of sadness in which a tiny spark of hope determinedly lingers. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 11, 2019

The plot intrigues are arguably appropriate to genre pictures, but “Requiem” manages to play out as an urgent but understated drama. The film puts its points across with a delicacy and sobriety rare in moviemaking. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Jul 12, 2019

Interweaving two distinct storylines linked by recurring characters imbues the narrative with a powerful resonance though, somewhat undercut by the more prosaic contemporary scenes, which lack the same degree of tension as the mountain segments. Read full review

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