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This is the story of Tenzin (Tsering Tashi Gyalthang), a forward-thinking Tibetan young man who has a dream of creating Kathmandu’s best coffee shop. It would be lovely to sip a chai and bite into a croissant on the mall road overlooking the Himalayas.
But there’s a proverbial fly in the ointment. Tenzin is afflicted by a recurring prescient nightmare. He has a modern mindset and is not superstitious like some of his townsfolk. However, the recurrent dream of his incumbent death drives him to seek out ancient Buddhist monks for guidance. The monk gives him a black thread with six knots and a cryptic message to seek out a dakini and ask her for a life-saving boon. Now starts an incomprehensible and somewhat shady trek of the protagonist. Armed with a red ladies slipper, he follows many young women down the hills, on busy streets, in long skirts, ankle bells, and kohled eyes. On his own personal quest, Tenzin also
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âLooking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustacheâ Review: Beyond Belief
In this drama from Khyentse Norbu, a Kathmandu entrepreneur searches for spiritual enlightenment after receiving unnerving visions.
Tsering Tashi Gyalthang in âLooking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache.âCredit.Abramorama
By Nicolas Rapold
Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache
Directed by Khyentse Norbu
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In Khyentse Norbuâs âLooking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache,â a Nepalese entrepreneur searches for spiritual enlightenment, hoping to avert a fatal prophecy. Looking to set up a new cafe, Tenzin (Tsering Tashi Gyalthang) sees unnerving visions after scouting an abandoned temple. With mounting fear, he follows the gnomic suggestions of a Buddhist monk in shades and a master sage, who insists that he find a goddess manifest on earth, known as a dak
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Looking For A Lady With Fangs and A Moustache. Set in Kathmandu, the film’s tale is the journey of a worldly 30-year-old man, Tenzin, who is caught between the modern and traditional worlds of Nepal. Somewhat driven and obsessive, Tenzin is focused single-mindedly on creating Kathmandu’s best coffee shop. Though he disparages superstition, Tenzin is suddenly tormented by peculiar and recurring dreams and images that signal his imminent death. On the advice of a cool monk and the MASTER of the Left-Hand Lineage (secret Buddhist wisdom lineage), a sceptical Tenzin must seek out a very special woman – a “Dakini” who may have a moustache, fangs and a third eye… What happens on Tenzin’s journey? Does he find the Dakini and live a new life? Well, you will have to wait to realize and experience what happens to him when you watch the movie.