Bhutan-born Khyentse Norbu, especially remembered for “Travellers and Magicians” (2003) and “Hema Hema: Sing Me A Song While I Wait” (2016), is a director who also happens to be a Buddhist lama known as Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. He teaches Buddhism and authored several significant publications on embracing Buddhism in the contemporary world. For a viewer knowing his background, “Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache”, a movie no less mysterious than its title, won’t be a big surprise.
Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Norbu this time brings us to Kathmandu. The location choice doesn’t seem to be random. The Nepalese capital city at the feet of the Himalayas, attracting hordes of adventure-seekers, pilgrims, monks, foreign hippie tourists, is a buzzing merry maze where traditions meet modernity and the sacrum mixes with the profane.
The director, in his eccentric existential cum spiritual drama,...
Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Norbu this time brings us to Kathmandu. The location choice doesn’t seem to be random. The Nepalese capital city at the feet of the Himalayas, attracting hordes of adventure-seekers, pilgrims, monks, foreign hippie tourists, is a buzzing merry maze where traditions meet modernity and the sacrum mixes with the profane.
The director, in his eccentric existential cum spiritual drama,...
- 11/28/2021
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Told he’s been cursed and will die within a week, a Kathmandu man desperately seeks the elusive spirit that might save him in “Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache.” Though playing upon Tibetan Buddhist concepts, this latest film from Bhutan-born writer-director Khyentse Norbu doesn’t use traditional religious mythology as a springboard for horror, as in recent “The Vigil” or any number of exorcism-related titles. Instead, . Abramorama’s global release kicks off with a virtual cinema launch on April 9.
Ponytailed Tenzin (Tsering Tashi Gyalthang) has ambitious plans to open “the best coffee shop in all of Nepal.” To that end, he’s raised capital from various sources, including the mother who encouraged him toward music studies he’s not particularly suited for. Scouting potential locations, he pokes around an old temple abandoned since it suffered earthquake damage. That trespass appalls best friend Jachung (Tulku Kungzang), a fellow Tibetan exile,...
Ponytailed Tenzin (Tsering Tashi Gyalthang) has ambitious plans to open “the best coffee shop in all of Nepal.” To that end, he’s raised capital from various sources, including the mother who encouraged him toward music studies he’s not particularly suited for. Scouting potential locations, he pokes around an old temple abandoned since it suffered earthquake damage. That trespass appalls best friend Jachung (Tulku Kungzang), a fellow Tibetan exile,...
- 4/9/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache, Khyentse Norbu’s new film from South Asia will be released in North America. The director’s past films have played Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Venice and other top film festivals. Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache, which had its global premiere at the 17th Morelia International Film Festival (Ficm), was also an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
Abramorama acquired the acquisition of world rights for the Nepali production, Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache and plan to release it this spring, in April. The film is executive produced by Olivia Harrison, produced by Max Dipesh Khatri, and features cinematography by Mark Lee Ping-bing (In the Mood for Love).
The mystery drama tells the story of Tenzin, a modern Tibetan entrepreneur, utterly skeptical of ancient, mystical beliefs, who is suddenly haunted by frightening dreams and hallucinations.
Abramorama acquired the acquisition of world rights for the Nepali production, Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache and plan to release it this spring, in April. The film is executive produced by Olivia Harrison, produced by Max Dipesh Khatri, and features cinematography by Mark Lee Ping-bing (In the Mood for Love).
The mystery drama tells the story of Tenzin, a modern Tibetan entrepreneur, utterly skeptical of ancient, mystical beliefs, who is suddenly haunted by frightening dreams and hallucinations.
- 2/13/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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