The Cup

The Cup

93 mins | Comedy | Aug. 29, 1999

While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen who desperately seeks a TV to watch the final.

The Cup

93 mins | Comedy | Aug. 29, 1999

The Cup
While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen who desperately seeks a TV to watch the final.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Palm Pictures, Coffee Stain Productions
Original title Phörpa
Directors Khyentse Norbu
Writers Khyentse Norbu

Cast

Orgyen Tobgyal

as Geko

Neten Chokling

as Lodo

Jamyang Lodro

as Orgyen

Lama Chonjor

as Abbot

Lama Godhi

as Old Lama