Hema Hema
6.7
“Sing Me a Song While I Wait”
The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, and murder.
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Cast
24 people
Tshering Dorji
Expressionless / The Bard
Known for
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Monk and the Gun
Sadon Lhamo
Red Wrathful / Hideous
Also in
Gangnam Girls
Honeygiver Among the Dogs
Khyentse Norbu
Also in
Bipolar
Sarah Chen
Thinley Dorji
Lha Karpo
No other roles listed
Pawo Choyning Dorji
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Deer / Serene Mask
Known for
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
In the Mood for Love
Su Hui
Zhou Xun
Daughter
Known for
Cloud Atlas
Suzhou River
Yijing Li
Tshewang Dendup
Dragon
Also in
Travellers and Magicians
The Cup
Xun Zhou
Daughter
Khyentse Norbu Director · Ahrix Composer Gary Azukx Dyson Composer
United States release April 23, 2017 · Produced in Bhutan, Hong Kong SAR China · Production Dewathang Talkie
Production
Tsong Tsong Ma Productions
Production
Dewathang Talkie
Production
Bhutan · Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ཧེ་མ་ཧེ་མ།
Original language
Dzongkha
Spoken on screen
Dzongkha
Release dates
Switzerland · August 10, 2016
Premiere
United States · April 23, 2017
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Canada
September 12, 2016 · Toronto International Film Festival
Germany
June 25, 2017 · Munich International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
October 16, 2016 · Hong Kong Asia Film Festival
Japan
March 7, 2017 · Osaka Asian Film Festival
Lithuania
March 23, 2017 · Kino Pavasaris - Vilnius Film Festival
Malaysia
March 2, 2017 · Malaysia International Film Festival
Netherlands
September 30, 2016 · Buddhist Film Festival Europe
Poland
November 21, 2017 · Five Flavours Film Festival
Portugal
November 30, 2019 · Porto/Post/Doc - 6th Film & Media Festival
South Korea
October 8, 2016 · Busan Film Festival
Sweden
November 9, 2016 · Stockholm International Film Festival
Taiwan
November 17, 2016 · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 15, 2016 · London Film Festival
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