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The Cup is a 1999 Tibetan-language film directed by Khyentse Norbu. The plot involves two young football-crazed Tibetan refugee novice monks in a remote Himalayan monastery in India who desperately try to obtain a television for the monastery to watch the 1998 World Cup final.
Original Release
08/29/1999
US Release
10/28/1999
Cast
Name | Character |
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Orgyen Tobgyal | Geko |
Neten Chokling | Lodo |
Jamyang Lodro | Orgyen |
Lama Chonjor | Abbot |
Lama Godhi | Old Lama |
Thinley Nudi | Tibetan Layman |
Kunsang | Cook Monk |
Kunsang Nyima | Palden |
Pema Tshundup | Nyima |
Dzigar Kongtrul | Vajra Master |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Orgyen Tobgyal | Geko |
Neten Chokling | Lodo |
Jamyang Lodro | Orgyen |
Lama Chonjor | Abbot |
Lama Godhi | Old Lama |
Thinley Nudi | Tibetan Layman |
Kunsang | Cook Monk |
Kunsang Nyima | Palden |
Pema Tshundup | Nyima |
Dzigar Kongtrul | Vajra Master |
Dhan Pat Singh | TV Shop Owner |
Oga | Abbot's Attendant |
Raj Baboon | Taxi Driver |
Jamyang Nyima | The hypersomniaque |
Pema Wamgchen | Storytelling Monk |
Namgyal Wangchuk | Storytelling Monk |
Dundrup Gyamtso | Tea Monk |
Orgyen Tsering | Football Can Monk |
Rigzin Wangchuk | TV Watch Monk |
Palden Gyatso | Satellite Dish Monk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hooman Majd | Executive Producer |
Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
Glenn Fawcett | Producer |
Patrick Jacquelin | Producer |
Raymond Steiner | Producer |
Maree Tenzin-Steiner | Producer |
Pema Wangchuck | Producer |
Malcolm Watson | Producer |