Little Buddha

Drawing on Buddhist history to weave a metaphor about the tragedy of Tibetans in exile, Little Buddha is Bernardo Bertolucci's stunning follow-up to The Sheltering Sky. In this religious tour-de-force, a Buddhist monk, Lama Norbu (Ying Ruocheng), believes that a 10-year-old American boy, Jesse (Alex Wiesendanger), is the reincarnation of his spiritual teacher, Lama Dorje. Jesse's father, Dean (Chris Isaak), and mother, Lisa (Bridget Fonda), are skeptical, but following his business partner's suicide, a transformed Dean relents and allows his son to travel to Bhutan. However, there are two other children whom the monk thinks may also be the reincarnation of Lama Dorje. Featuring Keanu Reeves as Siddhartha.

Restored in 4K by Cinecitta from the separation masters under the supervision of Vittorio Storaro.

"Gorgeous." -Gene Siskel, The Chicago Tribune

"A crazily mesmerizing pop artifact." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"Magical, mind-broadening entertainment." -Kenneth M. Chanko, Entertainment Weekly

"A beautiful, metaphysical epic. Little Buddha has the wide-eyed, innocent feel of a fable."
-Joe Brown, The Washington Post