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Unmistaken Child

In search of a lifetime
In search of a lifetime
Documentary - 2009
Unmistaken Child
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7.5
81%
66
In Nepal, a venerable monk, Geshe Lama Konchog, dies and one of his disciples, a youthful monk named Tenzin Zopa, searches for his master's reincarnation. The film follows his search to the Tsum Valley where he finds a young boy of the right age who uncannily responds to Konchog's possessions. Is this the reincarnation of the master? After the boy passes several tests, Tenzin takes him to meet the Dali Lama. Will the parents agree to let the boy go to the monastery, and, if so, how will the child respond? Central to the film is the relationship the child develops with Tenzin.
Director:
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Nati Baratz
Cast:
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Tenzin Zopa

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
7 Jun 2009
Country:
IL
Languages:
Hindi, Nepali, English, Tibetan Standard, Tibetan, Central
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$302,000
Awards:
11 wins & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
This documentary is only partly a story of the chosen one; mainly, and more intriguingly, it's a chronicle of the choosing one, of the nervous young monk charged with the job of leading the search party.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
2 Oct 2009
fresh:
Films that address faith and love as eloquently as this moving 2008 documentary are rare.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
2 Oct 2009
fresh:
The film is fascinating on every level -- as a portrait of a willing servant in a complex, powerful and inscrutable religious system and a feast of spectacular sights and unusual mundane events in a corner of the world rarely exposed to prying eyes.
– Greg Quill,
Toronto Star,
2 Oct 2009
rotten:
[Director] Baratz doesn't ask any of the obvious questions, preferring to observe uncritically, and if you can do the same, you may find Unmistaken Child worth seeing. I could not, and grew restless.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Jul 2009
fresh:
[Director] Baratz's access to every stage of the process -- from Zopa's selection of a candidate to the testing of that candidate to the blessing of the Dalai Lama himself -- is phenomenal, almost indescribably privileged.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
16 Jul 2009
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