• Director(s):

    CHAYE (FRANCOIS)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, SYSTEM TV

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2010

  • Language(s):

    Spanish, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

It is not easy introducing modern techniques to a region that only opened its borders in 1974! In its towns and villages, practices inherited from the era when the country was closed still subsist. 

The Amchi - traditional doctors - still work in the mountain villages. For centuries they have played a key role in the villagers’ health. But their knowledge is dying out. Nawang Zompo is one of the last Amchis in the valleys of Ladakh.