Seven Years In Tibet (1997)

While looking for something new to watch, I stumbled upon an older movie and decided to give it a try. Not only gorgeous to watch (both the scenery and Brad Pitt), this story is a beautiful one about personal struggle and redemption. The film is based on the real life events of Heinrich Harrer, an egocentric Australian mountain climber who is taken prisoner of war in 1939 by Allied forces in Tibet.  Harrer, who gives up everything (his wife and unborn child}in an attempt to climb the Himalayan’s, seems to lose it all when before making it to the summit, he and his fellow climbers are captured.  However, that is only the beginning of the story. Eventually, fate finds him in the Forbidden City, where he befriends the teenage Dalai Lama. He stays with the peaceful Tibetans the remaining “seven years” where he undergoes a spiritual transformation that changed the course of his life. Most have probably seen this movie, however if you haven’t – give it a try.