Kundun Page #2
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1997
- 134 min
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MOTHER:
What is the harm?
The Father reluctantly gets up and gives his seat to Lhamo.
Lhamo settles and waits for his Mother to hand him his bowl
of tsampa. He bestows a most beautiful smile on his family.
EXT. COURTYARD DAY
The Father is leaving the yard with a short string of horses
when there is a sudden commotion.
The CHINESE GOVERNOR is passing through this little village.
He is a ferocious looking man, dressed in ornate brocade,
his horse eguipped with tack that looks like armor. He is
surrounded by a dozen Chinese soldiers, all on huge horses,
ruling the road, kicking up mud.
Lhamo's Father stops. He holds still. He looks to the
house.
The Mother is holding the children against her in the
doorway. Quiet. Watching.
The Governor and his entourage move on. When they are out
of sight, Lhamo's Father makes his departure.
EXT. COURTYARD DAY
Lhamo straddles the window sill, slapping his bottom as if
he were a horse, shouting:
LHAMO:
I go away.
Look, mama, I go away.
Far, far, far.
His Mother is making bread in the kitchen.
MOTHER:
Oh, no. Where will he go?
LHAMO:
Far, far away.
INT. KITCHEN DUSK
Lhamo is playing a game with pebbles on the raised, wooden
platform in the kitchen. The fire is lit. He is alone.
The dog begins to bark.
MOTHER (OC)
Good day.
MAN (OC)
Good day.
MOTHER (OC)
Please, come in, so cold.
MAN (OC)
We are traveling to Lhasa. May
we...?
MOTHER (OC)
Of course, please, this way.
Your servant may use the kitchen.
MAN (OC)
Thank you.
A middle-aged man, the SERVANT, wearing heavy, ragged
clothes and wrapped boots, enters the kitchen.
Lhamo slides over so that the man can sit on the platform
beside him. The man picks up a few pebbles and drops them -
he knows the game.
We recognize this servant. His name is KEUSTANG RINPOCHE.
He is one of the monks we saw at the Oracle lake, the one
with the mesmerizing eyes. Keustang Rinpoche is the Lama of
Sera Monastery.
Lhamo sees a dark brown rosary around the Servant's neck and
immediately pulls at the string of beads.
LHAMO:
Mine.
The Servant takes the rosary off and gives it to the boy.
Lhamo hangs the string of beads around his own neck. The
Servant makes a move to take back the rosary, but Lhamo
resists.
LHAMO:
Mine.
SERVANT:
Mine.
LHAMO:
Please.
SERVANT:
I will give it to, if you can
tell me who I am.
Lhamo looks up, into the man's piercing, black eyes.
LHAMO:
The Lama of Sera.
You come.
The Mother enters and immediately sees the rosary around her
son's neck. She gives it back to the Servant.
MOTHER:
Lhamo, no.
Lhamo goes back to his game. The Mother hands the tired man
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