"Dalai Lama Renaissance" Film Screening and Q&A with director Khashyar Darvich

Tuesday 4 December 2012, Boole 3, 7pm

Boole 3, 7pm, Tuesday 4 December

With Q&A from the producer-director Khashyar Darvich

(€5 on the door to cover costs)

Narrated by Harrison Ford

Dalai Lama Renaissance could be considered a study in irony.
Forty men and women: scientists, artists, and philosophers, gather
as “The Synthesis Group,” with the goal of holding a week long
conference, then presenting their ideas for solving the world’s
problems to His Holiness. Almost from the start, intellectual
chaos ensues, resulting in a movie that borders on Monty Pythonesque
in its absurdity. Egos almost immediately come out on the
first day of the conference and begin to interfere with the intent of
the gathering. Not only do the members of the group not really
listen to one another, they don’t really listen to His Holiness when
he recommends against a boycott of Chinese products and
investments, which is their solution to the world’s crises…
…Dalai Lama Renaissance is an interesting portrayal of human ego
pitted against compassion and altruism, exemplifying the very
essence of the issues facing the world today.

From Wakan Films

In association with UCC Film Studies

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