Publisher: Umbrella Entertainment Run time: 135mins Year: 1993 Release date: 20/05/2009 RRP:$ 29.99$ 14.99
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Part Buddhist history, a metaphor about the tragedy of Tibetans in exile, and a religious tour de force, Bernardo Bertolucci's stunning follow-up to The Sheltering Sky sees two monks from Bhutan travel to Seattle to find a reincarnated Buddhist master.
As Brigitte Fonda and Chris Issak try to reconcile the fact that their son might be a spiritual leader, Bertolucci inserts an enchanting back story of the pampered young Buddha (Keanu Reeves) and his search for enlightenment in a world of suffering.
A mesmerizing story that ranks alongside Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, the film echoes some of Bertolucci's wide-screen exoticism on The Last Emperor, and accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto's (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) powerful score, works in beautifully mysterious ways.
