Little Buddha

Little Buddha (1993)

Timing: 2:20 (140 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1993-12-01

Country

France, Italy, Liechtenstein, United Kingdom

Production

Miramax

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

$4 885 392

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Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Actors

Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Chris Isaak, Ruocheng Ying, Alex Wiesendanger, Raju Lal, Greishma Makar Sing, Sogyal Rinpoche, Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, Geshe Tsultim Gyelsen
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Scenario

Producer

Jeremy Thomas

Operator

Vittorio Storaro

Composer

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Artist

Audition

Howard Feuer, Priscilla John, Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani

Editing

Pietro Scalia
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• The film is dedicated to the French entrepreneur Francis Bouygues, who produced it before his death in 1993.
• For the scene where Siddhartha meditates with ascetics on the riverbank, Keanu Reeves had to lose a lot of weight, so he went on a strict diet of oranges and water.
• Some of the roles of monks in the film are played by well-known figures in contemporary Buddhism, in particular, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. They also acted as consultants to the director regarding the aspects of Buddhist life depicted in the film.
• The scenes in Nepal were filmed around the famous Boudhanath Stupa.
• The scenes in Bhutan were filmed directly in Paro, at the Rinpung Dzong fortress-monastery.
• The 14th Dalai Lama, after watching the film, was pleased with it but uttered only one phrase – “Buddha cannot be small.”
• The theatrical version of the film has a runtime of 123 minutes.