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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)

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