My Reincarnation (2011) on Netflix
NR20111h 22mAdventureBiographyDocumentary
Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche escapes Tibet and settles in Italy, where his son Yeshi is born and identified at birth as the rebirth of a Dzogchen master. Yeshi wants an ordinary life.
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Plot summary
Yeshi was born in Italy, the first of two children of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, a Tibetan master who fled Tibet in 1959 and married there. From birth, Yeshi was held to be the rebirth of a Dzogchen master, his father's uncle, who died after the Chinese invaded Tibet. Yeshi grew up in Italy with no wish to take up that legacy. He would not teach as his father did, nor travel to the monastery where students had waited for him since his birth. What he wanted was an ordinary life, away from the followers around his father.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about My Reincarnation (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jennifer Fox spent 20 years making My Reincarnation, filming from 1988 to 2009 in over 17 countries; the documentary was finished only through many international associations.
- My Reincarnation draws on archival film, still photographs and over 1,000 hours of intimate scenes shot between 1988 and 2009, plus interviews with Namkhai Norbu and Yeshi gathered over 20 years.
