MOLA: A TIBETAN TALE OF LOVE AND LOSS
by Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen
synopsis
Kunsang Wangmo - known as “Mola” to her family - is a Tibetan nun exiled from her homeland in 1959 to escape the Chinese occupation. Now 100 years old, and after living with her daughter Sonam in Switzerland for the past 45 years, she decides her last wish is to die in Tibet. This is the story of a mother and daughter coming to terms with this phase in Mola’s life, and Sonam and her husband Martin's journey to make Mola’s last wish come true.
international title: | Mola: A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss |
original title: | Mola: A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss |
country: | Switzerland, United States |
year: | 2025 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen |
film run: | 84' |
screenplay: | Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen |
cinematography by: | Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen |
film editing: | James Haygood, Samir Samperisi |
music: | Patrick Kirst |
producer: | Katherine LeBlond |
co-producer: | Kevin Merz, Samir Samperisi, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini, Michael Beltrami |
executive producer: | Daniel Stanca di Marco |
production: | YangZoom Films, Bunkerville, RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera di Lingua Italiana, Union Editorial (US) |