Little Buddha (1993)
Lama Norbu kommt nach Seattle, um die Reinkarnation seines toten Lehrmeisters, Lama Dorje zu suchen. Zunächst führt ihn seine Suche zum jungen Jesse Conrad , einem jungen Buddhisten. Dessen Eltern glauben im Gegensatz zu ihrem Sohn nicht an Wiedergeburt. Der Vater erfährt, dass es angeblich zwei weitere Reinkarnationen des Lama Dorje gibt. Mönche erklären ihm, dass Jesse deswegen nach Butan reisen müsse. Zunächst reagieren die Eltern ablehnend, machen sich mit ihrem Sohn schließlich aber doch auf den Weg. In Nepal lernen sie die anderen beiden Kandidaten kennen: Raju ein heimatloses Kind, und Gita, ein indisches Mädchen aus der Oberschicht.
Der Regisseur:
Bernardo Bertolucci
Die Autor:
Rudy Wurlitzer, Mark Peploe.
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Keanu Reeves as Siddhartha |
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Bridget Fonda as Lisa Conrad |
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Chris Isaak as Dean Conrad |
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Ruocheng Ying as Lama Norbu |
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Alex Wiesendanger as Jesse Conrad |
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Raju Lal as Raju |
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Greishma Makar Sing as Gita |
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Sogyal Rinpoche as Kenpo Tenzin |
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Khyongla Rato Rinpoche as Abbot |
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Geshe Tsultim Gyelsen as Lama Dorje |
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Jo Champa as Maria |
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Jigme Kunsang as Champa |
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Sadiya Siddiqui as Temptation Girl |
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Rudraprasad Sengupta as |
| Camera | Vittorio Storaro | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Director |
| Editing | Pietro Scalia | Editor |
| Writing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Story |
| Production | Howard Feuer | Casting |
| Art | Andrew Sanders | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Bruno Cesari | Set Decoration |
| Art | Steve Simmonds | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzanne Stokes-Munton | Wig Designer |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robaire Charbonneau | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel Parker | Prosthetics |
| Costume & Make-Up | Siân Grigg | Hair Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amanda Knight | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Acheson | Costume Design |
| Production | Priscilla John | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Crowder | Hair Assistant |
| Production | Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lois Burwell | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina Hirsch-Smith | Key Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Rudy Wurlitzer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mark Peploe | Screenplay |
| Art | Gianni Giovagnoni | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Frampton | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martin Samuel | Hair Department Head |
| Art | Manohar Shrestha | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Art | James Acheson | Production Design |
| Art | Melissa Matthies | Property Master |
| Camera | Angelo Novi | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jack Stew | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Glenn Freemantle | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Vincent Arnardi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Ulrike Koch | Casting |
| Production | Joanna Merlin | Casting |
| Production | Stephen Salamunovich | Casting |
| Crew | Jeremy Thomas | Presenter |
| Crew | Francis Bouygues | Presenter |
| Crew | Francis Bouygues | In Memory Of |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Khyentse Norbu | Creative Consultant |
| Crew | Fabien Gerard | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Giovanni Mastrangelo | Additional Writing |
| Sound | Ivan Sharrock | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Ron Swinburne | Finance |
| Directing | Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Serena Canevari | First Assistant Director |