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Director(s):
CHAYE (FRANCOIS)
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Producer(s):
ARTE FRANCE, SYSTEM TV
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2010
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Language(s):
Spanish, French
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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.