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25 May 1994 (USA) morePlot:
Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad... more | full synopsisAwards:
1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Nothing wrong with slow. more (60 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Keanu Reeves | ... | Siddhartha |
 | Ruocheng Ying | ... | Lama Norbu (as Ying Ruocheng) |
| Chris Isaak | ... | Dean Conrad |
 | Bridget Fonda | ... | Lisa Conrad |
| Alex Wiesendanger | ... | Jesse Conrad |
| Raju Lal | ... | Raju |
| Greishma Makar Singh | ... | Gita |
| Sogyal Rinpoche | ... | Kenpo Tenzin |
| Ven. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche | ... | Abbot |
| Ven. Geshe Tsultim Gyelsen | ... | Lama Dorje |
 | Jo Champa | ... | Maria |
| Jigme Kunsang | ... | Champa |
| Thubtem Jampa | ... | Punzo |
| Surekha Sikri | ... | Sonali |
| T.K. Lama | ... | Sanjay |
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123 min | Australia:141 minLanguage:
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PGFun Stuff
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For the scene in the forest with the ascetics where Siddartha becomes emaciated from lack of food, Keanu Reeves went on a crash diet of oranges and water. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Raju play with the GameBoy you can hear that he is playing Tetris. But if you watch closely you can see that it is not turned on at all. moreFAQ
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I certainly disagree with the commentary that calls this movie plotless. I agree that it's slow, but what's wrong with slow? Roger Ebert put the movie down by calling it 'Buddhist Sunday School.' True, the Buddha parts are simplistic, but then so is the original Buddha story. Slow, thoughtful, peaceful, subtly stimulating, and with a plot to end all plots-- the one-ness of all individuality. I much prefer this to the more recent Kundun, which tries to tell essentially the same story. In fact, Scorsese rips this movie off dreadfully, even to the same wiping out of the sand pattern at the end.