| The Cup | |
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| Directed by | Khyentse Norbu |
| Written by | Khyentse Norbu |
| Produced by | Jeremy Thomas Raymond Steiner Malcolm Watson |
| Starring | Orgyen Tobgyal, Neten Chokling |
| Distributed by | Palm Pictures Fine Line Features (USA) |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Bhutan |
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The Cup (Tibetan: ཕོར་པ། or Phörpa) is a 1999 Tibetan-language film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu in his feature directorial debut. The plot involves two young football-crazed Tibetan refugee novice monks who desperately try to obtain a television for their remote Himalayan monastery to watch the 1998 FIFA World Cup final.
The Cup was Bhutan's first-ever submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, but it was not nominated.