Escape from Tibet

Escape from Tibet is a 2012 Swiss-German-Tibetan Drama film. Plot On the roofs of a Tibetan monastery two boys let fly a kite, but suddenly a shot rips the relaxed silence, and one of the two boys gets shot, the "Golden Boy" which is the fictitious successor to the Dalai Lama. The monks act immediately and bring him out of Tibet to secure his body. In the meantime, the Berlinese mountaineer Johanna and her Swiss friend travel to the monastery to stay there for some days. The monks are convinced that Tempa is also close to death by the Chinese government because the orphaned boy was involved as a witness into the assassination. So Johanna is asked by the monks to refuge Tempa and other child refugees to their destination, the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Problems with the Chinese authorities occur, and Johanna decides to support Tashi, a refugee helpers, and to bring a group of children and Dolma, a widowed Tibetan woman, through the Chinese border controls to the Dalai Lama's residence towards Himachal Pradesh state in Northern India. But Johanna and Meto, a former nun, are captured by the Chinese border controls, and Meto is tortured by the soldiers to betray where the boy is hidden. In the meanwhile, Johanna gets back to the group of refugees ... Cast Hannah Herzsprung as Johanna David Lee McInnis as Tashi Sangay Jäger as Tempa Lucas Kwan Peterson as Major Wang Bao Yangzom Brauen as Dolma Pema Shitsetsang as Meto Carlos Leal as Jean-Francois Mona Petri as Florence Reception The Swiss cinema website cineman described it as "gripping, fateful, human."