Film
The Cup
1999 · 93 min · ★ 6.3 · Dir. Khyentse Norbu
Buddhism is their philosophy. Soccer is their religion.
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.