“So much more than a rah-rah sports film or noble 'free Tibet' movie, The Cup is simply an amazingly original, exhilarating film”

- Hannah Brown

“[I]t's one of those bogus, we're-all-the-same-under-our-sarongs movies that invites the viewer to have his piety and eat it, too”

- Owen Gleiberman

The Cup

Young monks obsessed with soccer hope to watch The World Cup finals on television at their monastery. Jamyang Lodro, Orgyen Tobgya, Neten Chokling, Raj Baboon, Lama Chonjor, Ngawang Gelek, Dundrup Gyamtso, Kunsang Nyima, Pema Tshundup, Palden Gyatso, Kelsang, Dzigar Kongtrul. Director: Khyentse Norbu (1999, G)