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Mola: A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss at Violet Crown Cinema 1

Mar 8, 2025

2:30pm – 3:54pm CT

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.

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Credits

Directors:

Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen

Executive Producer:

Sonam Brauen, Martin Brauen, Yangzom Brauen, Daniel Stanca-Di Marco, James Haygood, Michael Raimondi

Producer:

Katherine LeBlond

Screenwriter:

Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen

Cinematographer:

Martin Brauen, Yangzom Brauen

Editor:

James Haygood, Samir Samperisi

Sound Designer:

Peter von Siebenthal, Arlind Sermaxhaj, Eliot Martig

Music:

Patrick Kirst

Principal Cast:

Kunsang Wangmo, Sonam Dolma Brauen, Martin Brauen

Additional Credits:

Co-Producer: Kevin Merz, Co-Producer: Samir Samperisi, Co-Producer: Silvana Bezzola Rigolini, Co-Producer: Michael Beltrami, Co-Producer: RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera

Contact

Distributor:

katherine@unioneditorial.com

Public Film Contact:

Katherine LeBlond
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katherine@unioneditorial.com

Publicity Contact:

Cher Culver
Cher@cherculverpr.com
323-228-5957

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Type: Screening
Year:
2024
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Runtime:
84 mins
Accessibility
Subtitled