Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait

Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait

95 mins | Drama, Mystery | Aug. 10, 2016

The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, and murder.

Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait

95 mins | Drama, Mystery | Aug. 10, 2016

Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, and murder.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Tsong Tsong Ma Productions, Dewathang Talkie
Original title ཧེ་མ་ཧེ་མ།
Directors Khyentse Norbu
Writers Khyentse Norbu

Cast

Tshering Dorji

as Expressionless / The Bard

Sadon Lhamo

as Red Wrathful / Hideous

Thinley Dorji

as Lha Karpo

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

as Deer / Serene Mask

Zhou Xun

as Daughter

Tshewang Dendup

as Dragon

Tenzin Dolma

as Agay

Jamyang Dorji

as Dead Man

Jigme Drukpa

as Gold Face Musician

Xin Liang

as Modern Dancer

Rinchen Namgayel

as Goose

Pema Namtruel

as Yamaraj

Gomchen Pema

as Peacock

Tandin Sonam

as Atsara

Kelsang Tobgay

as Guard Leader