Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait

The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, and murder.

Cast

Tshering Dorji

Expressionless / The Bard

Sadon Lhamo

Red Wrathful / Hideous

Thinley Dorji

Lha Karpo

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Deer / Serene Mask

Zhou Xun

Daughter

Tshewang Dendup

Dragon

Tenzin Dolma

Agay

Jamyang Dorji

Dead Man

Jigme Drukpa

Gold Face Musician

Xin Liang

Modern Dancer