Drapchi Elegy
Drapchi Elegy
2017, Tibetan. Directed by Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam.
A portrait of Namdol Lhamo, a middle-aged Tibetan woman who lives in Brussels and works as a housekeeper in an old people's home. Lhamo is one of the famous Drapchi 14, a group of nuns imprisoned in the notorious Drapchi prison of Lhasa in the early 1990s for peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese occupation.
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- 0h 17m
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- Tibetan
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Drapchi Elegy runs 17 minutes (0h 17m).
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What movies are like Drapchi Elegy?
If you liked Drapchi Elegy, try Kundun, Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
Who directed Drapchi Elegy?
Drapchi Elegy (2017) was directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam and stars Namdol Lhamo.