State of Statelessness [ས་མཐའི་ལས་དབང་།]

Release Year
2024
Runtime
1h 46m
Directed By
Tenzin Tsetan Choklay
Tenzing Sonam
Ritu Sarin
Sonam Tseten
Tsering Tashi Gyalthang
State of Statelessness

The father, who “ran, ran, and flew” from the source of the Mekong River, sings to his young daughter. Yangchen, who lives in India, meets with her sister, who has returned from France for their mother’s funeral, and reveals the wounds she could not share with their parents. After a brief encounter with his old friend Jigdal, who has come from America, Thangka artist Sonam suddenly feels as though his simple life is too shabby. And Tenzin who lives in Wisconsin arrives in Dharamsala, where he spent his childhood, carrying his father’s ashes.

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