Alexandra David-Néel: J'irai au pays des neiges Filming Locations
Alexandra David-Néel: J'irai au pays des neiges Filming Locations
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Alexandra David-Néel: J'irai au pays des neiges (2012)
This biographical telefilm retraces the journey of Alexandra David-Néel, accompanied by Aphur Yougden, a child lama who was to become her adopted son, for 13 years of wanderings from India to the lands of the Himilayas and the Tibetan plains, and of their arrival in Lhassa on Feb. 28, 1924 as the first modern Westerner to set foot in TIbet.
