Yes I am talking about Khyentse Norbu's film 'The Cup' (1999). Context of this movie as far I understood was clash between modernity and conservatism.
Pupil of the Himalayan monastery, the little monks were very fond of football, we got that evidence in the beginning. There monks were playing football with a soft drink's can. However in that time Football World Cup was going on. Few of the little monks were so adamant that they escaped the monastery at night only for live football match. One day they had clash at outside where they watched the matches. Television owner threatened them not to come again. What would happen during final match? Was it possible for them to avoid that important event LIVE? Somehow they managed the teacher and teacher managed the senior monk to hire a television. At last they arranged a television, which is a sign of modernity, it entered to the monastery that was conservative enough by tradition.
Was that a message that modernity is grabbing the traditional belief or no one can escape from modernity? Or was that a suggestion that change yourself with the upcoming time? I think this kind of open ended characteristic made the film beautiful.
I bought the DVD version of this film from Bhutan, Norbu is a Bhutanese film maker.
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