OLO, the Boy from Tibet

Name: OLO, the Boy from Tibet
Director: Hisaya Iwasa
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-06-30
Cast: Olo, Momo Chenga, Lamo Tsuo

What is a country? What is culture? What is it to live?

2012 · 108 min · Documentary

A 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.

Directed by Hisaya Iwasa

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