Rev. Jay McCormick led this group discussion about this month’s movie, Seven Years In Tibet.
This biographical war drama set in Tibet in 1944 after World War II, prior to and leading up to China’s invasion of Tibet in 1950 stars Brad Pitt and David Thewlis as two friends mountaineering in British India. Due to their German citizenship they are imprisoned by the British in a POW camp. They manage a daring escape from the prison, and cross the border into Tibet, traversing the treacherous high plateau. While in Tibet, after initially being ordered to return to India, they are welcomed at the holy city of Lhasa, and become absorbed into an unfamiliar way of life. They meet the 14th Dalai Lama, who is still a boy, and becomes their tutor! During their time together, the main character Heinrich becomes a close friend to the young spiritual leader.
Release date: 1997, Running time: 2 hr 16 minutes
Link to Play sheet for the movie: Read it here
