When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

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When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

2010

1h 55m

Documentary

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The Dalai Lama brings 500 Tibetan leaders together to discuss policy toward China.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Tibet is doomed: that's the gloomy take-away from this lengthy, sporadically illuminating examination of the ongoing fallout from China's bloody 1950 occupation.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 5, 2017

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Guy Lodge

London Evening Standard

You needn't disagree with the film's cause to feel oppressed by its propagandistic approach - not to mention Philip Glass's relentlessly mournful score.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 16, 2013

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A valuable though flawed documentary about the international movement to free Tibet from Chinese rule ...

Rated: 3/5

Aug 15, 2013

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Ben Nicholson

CineVue

It's all interesting if never quite absorbing and whilst the Dalai Lama himself is always good value, When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun is probably a film for those already sympathetic to the cause than an exposé to rally new supporters.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 2, 2019

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Katherine McLaughlin

ViewLondon

An extremely powerful documentary about Tibet's struggle for emancipation from China that's passionate in its plea and highly informative, although slightly bloated.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 15, 2013

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Simon Kinnear

Total Film

It's a fascinating study of the limits of protest, but also a disjointed film; each new witness shifts us further away from the central thread into increasingly dry political debate.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 12, 2013

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You know what the REAL crime is...over 50 years of oppression that will get swallowed up by history....

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Dirk Simon

Director

Dennis Haysbert

Narrator

Dirk Simon

Screenwriter

Kristen Simon

Screenwriter

Dennis Haysbert

Producer

Vanessa Philippe

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Synopsis

The Dalai Lama brings 500 Tibetan leaders together to discuss policy toward China.

Director: Dirk Simon
Producer: Dennis Haysbert, Vanessa Philippe
Screenwriter: Dirk Simon, Kristen Simon
Production Co: Free Motion Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 55m