Title: 'Tsol Xun zhao zhi mei geng deng = The search /
Authors: Pad-ma-tshe-brtan, 1969-; Sangye Gyamtso.; Manla Kyab; Tsondrey.; Lumo Tso.; Himalay Audio & Visual Culture Communication Co.; dGenerate Films (Firm); Icarus Films
Publisher: dGenerate Films : distributed by Icarus Films,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Auditions China Tibet Autonomous Region Drama.; Motion picture industry China Tibet Autonomous Region Drama.; Auditions; Motion picture industry; Amdo (China : Region) Drama.; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Drama.; China Amdo (Region); China Tibet Autonomous Region
Abstract: A director, his assistant, and a businessman drive through the Amdo region of Tibet, scouring small villages to find actors for their adaptation of the namthar of Drime Kunden, an opera traditionally peformed for the Tibetan New Year. The opera tells the story of a prince - an early incarnation of Buddha - who gives away all his possessions, his wife and children, and even his own eyes. Unfortunately, they cannot find many people who even remember the Tibetan operatic tradition.