Little Buddha (1993)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.7/10   

Réalisateur:

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writers (WGA):

Bernardo Bertolucci (story)
Rudy Wurlitzer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 mai 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad...

Plot Keywords:

Reincarnation | Enlightenment | Buddhist | Nonlinear Timeline | Kicked In Butt

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A very thoughtful movie, if you give it a chance.

Ensemble

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

Autre(s) titre(s):

Little Buddha (France)
Piccolo Buddha (Italy)

Durée:

123 min | Australia:141 min

Pays:

Italy | France | Liechtenstein | UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Son:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby Digital (35 mm prints)

Classification:

Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Iceland:L | South Korea:Tous | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Bhutan

Company:

CiBy 2000

Anecdotes:

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.

Goofs:

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.

Guillemet:

Lama Norbu: There is no empty room when the soul is full... ... you learn that in a prison cell! *laughs*

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood vs. Religion (1994) (V)

A very thoughtful movie, if you give it a chance.

Bertolucci is a director who doesn't keep making the same movie.

Little Buddha has much about it that can be praised. It shows much, tells some, and demands of the viewer some thought. This is not something always appreciated by the viewer. The key to understanding this movie, I believe, is not the search for the reincarnation of an important Buddhist teacher, nor is it the life of the Buddha up to the time he achieves enlightenment, but the way a child, or children, and an old man, come to understand together something of the connections that may exist between themselves. We don't see through a character's eyes, we watch the effects of the characters on each other. In particular, Jesse, the 9 year old American who may or may not be the reincarnation, holds our attention because we watch him absorb the lessons that are being taught, and as he learns them, he grows in ways we can expect a 9 year old to grow. We also watch his father, whose character becomes more sympathetic as the movie progresses, who has even further to grow than his son, because he has already learned too much.

The movie is also beautiful to watch. The cinematography, the editing and the direction combine to provide just the right dramatic tension to a movie whose pacing is deceptive, in that it seems slow, but is not. The ultimate result is that a viewer who allows it, will find him or herself transported for a little while, to unexpected places.