Himalaya : L'Enfance d'un chef
- 1999
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- 1h 48min
Dans le Nord-ouest de l'Himalaya, le chef d'un petit village perché en haut des montagnes ne veut pas que Karma conduise la caravane des yaks. La raison : il l'accuse d'être responsable de l... Tout lireDans le Nord-ouest de l'Himalaya, le chef d'un petit village perché en haut des montagnes ne veut pas que Karma conduise la caravane des yaks. La raison : il l'accuse d'être responsable de la mort de son fils. Karma et le chef du village prennent la route chacun de leur côté.Dans le Nord-ouest de l'Himalaya, le chef d'un petit village perché en haut des montagnes ne veut pas que Karma conduise la caravane des yaks. La raison : il l'accuse d'être responsable de la mort de son fils. Karma et le chef du village prennent la route chacun de leur côté.
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- Casting principal
- Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 8 victoires et 3 nominations au total
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Photographer Eric Valli's beautiful epic film `Himalaya' is the first Nepalese film to be nominated (in 1999) for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is also a heroic fable of a small community's struggle to change the guard from old to young and retain the respect of the gods. The simple plot, told in every culture that has any notion of the grandeur of place and power, may deceive some into thinking this a small cliched film. It is rather a grand design of human struggle and triumph, figuratively and realistically represented in the salt caravans that still traverse the majestic Himalayan Mountains in Tibet.
When one of the caravans tries to cut off 4 days by attempting a route reserved for the devils, the ensuing danger as yaks and humans walk the narrow path is so beautiful and harrowing that my glacier experience looks now like a picnic. Blue sky above, blue water below, and a path so dangerous indeed the gods themselves would have second thoughts. Valli's cinemascope is the perfect medium to catch the overpowering mountains and miniscule stones, both instruments of the terrible powers those gods still wield in this other world.
The actors are handsome locals, and the story is right out of Shakespeare and Howard Hawks. See this film before you get too old to breathe its artistic air.
I have been to the Himalayas (Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan) and it is really hard to capture the exquisite beauty of the place and the grace of the Buddhist people who dwell there. This film captures that beauty and grace.
If you have any interest in that part of the world and its people, this film will hold your attention and inspire your imagination. How? I don't know, perhaps some of that Himalayan magic rubbed off on the film crew.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe director, in the commentary on the DVD, says that he was inspired by the book "Caravan Towards Buddha" by Andre Migot. This book was titled "CARAVANE VERS BOUDDHA" when it was published in 1954, but can now only be found under its alternate (English) title, "Tibetan Marches" (translated by Peter Fleming). See also "Au Tibet sur les traces du Bouddha (Collection Itinéraires)" by André Migot.
- Bandes originalesLa Mort De Lhakpa
Vocals by Tsering Lodoe, A. Filetta Group, and Lama Karma Gyurmed (as Lama Gyurme)
Music Composed and orchestrated by Bruno Coulais
(P) & © 1999 Galatée Films
Label: Varèse Sarabande
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- Himalaya
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- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 2 619 885 $US
- Montant brut mondial
- 21 069 306 $US
- Durée1 heure 48 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1