To Neten Chokling Rinpoche, a spiritual head of Bhutan, filmmaking is another way of spiritual practice. The legend of Milarepa, widely known to Tibetan people, can be a perfect vehicle for carrying a tragedy caused by the greed and vengeance of human beings. Neten Chokling ls his message through the filmmaking, instead of a sermon. Milarepa is born into a rich family in a small town in eleventh century Bhutan. When his uncle hatches a scheme to steal his inheritance, Milarepa enters into the mountain and learns to use magical powers. After a long time of training, he embarks on the road of vengeance, only his vengeance causes another catastrophe. The last scene where Milarepa returns back to the mountain to disconnect himself with all the things happening in the mundane world seems to be a self portrait of Neten Chokling. This self reflexivity makes this film escape from a simple moral instruction or hypocracy. It is the sincerity and authenticity of the theme that renders the film so powerful, despite the film`s naive SFX and somewhat banal style of narrative. (Kim Ji-Seok)