A true story on the non-violent fight for freedom and the danger of radicalization.
For more than 60 years Tibetans have been fighting Chinese oppression. But their non-violent struggle appears to be in vain. Now, as a new form of peaceful protest, Tibetans are setting themselves on fire. Loten Namling – an exiled Tibetan and musician living in Switzerland – is deeply disturbed by such self-destructive action. So he sets off from Europe to India, on a one-man mission to meet top politicians, experts and young radicals. He himself becomes increasingly radical, and is on the verge of violent protest. Finally he ends up at the Office of the Dalai Lama in India, to seek the advice from the exiled Tibetan leader.
written and directed by DODO HUNZIKER
produced by URS SCHNELL
production assistant LEA RINDLISBACHER
co-produced by
SWISS BROADCASTING CORPORATION (SRF)
URS AUGSTBURGER / MARIUS BORN
camera PIERRE REISCHER
DODO HUNZIKER
camera Vienna TIZIAN TENZIN (TENZFILMZ)
additional camera Geneva MANUEL UEBERSAX
YVAN ZIADE
additional camera India SAPTARSHI ROY
ASHVINI SOLANKI
editing DODO HUNZIKER
editing supervisor PETER KÖNIG
editing consultant THOMAS BACHMANN
editing assistant TITUS BÜTLER
color grading PIERRE REISCHER
sound editing & mixing PETER VON SIEBENTHAL
sound recordings PETER VON SIEBENTHAL
DODO HUNZIKER
IVAN STEINER
JANOSCH RÖTHLISBERGER
TOBIAS HIRSBRUNNER
ANNA HALDORSDOTTIR
JOSEPH SPAID
sound recording “Yi Re Kyo” BERTRAND SIFFERT
script consultant production JÜRGEN SEIDLER
script consultant development JOSY MEIER
script editorial URS SCHNELL
production assistance Dharamsala
NGAWANG RABGYAL (LHA CHARITABLE TRUST)
translations from Tibetan LOSANG RIBI
DUKTEN KYI
LOBSANG RABSEL
TASHI "PASHI" PASANG
translations English COLIN FARMER
translations French PIERRE SOLTERMANN
artwork AMY BOTELLO
dcp mastering TRINIPIX
music composition FRANZ TREICHLER
financed by
BERNER FILMFÖRDERUNG
KANTON ST. GALLEN KULTURFÖRDERUNG
SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN SRF
ERNST GÖHNER STIFTUNG
BURGERGEMEINDE BERN
SUCCÈS CINÉMA / BUNDESAMT FÜR KULTUR
SUCCÈS PASSAGE ANTENNE
HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA
LOTEN NAMLING
DHINGRI NGAWANG Tibetan army veteran / former political prisoner
VENERABLE BAGDRO former political prisoner
LOBSANG YESHI spokesman, Kirti Monastery Dharamsala, India
FRANZ TREICHLER musician, The Young Gods
KELSANG GYALTSEN Special Representative of the Dalai Lama to Europe
LOBSANG SANGAY Prime Minister in Exile, Central Tibetan Administration
MARTIN NAEF member of the Swiss parliament
CHRISTIAN LÜSCHER member of the Swiss parliament
JACQUELINE FEHR member of the Swiss parliament
GERHARD PFISTER member of the Swiss parliament
ANDREAS AEBI member of the Swiss parliament
JOHANN SCHNEIDER-AMMANN Swiss Economics Minister
PENPA TSERING Speaker of the Central Tibetan Administration
LUKAR JAM poet / former political prisoner
TENZIN JIGME President Tibetan Youth Congress
LOBSANG WANGYAL culture manager Miss Tibet / Free Spirit Award