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Tibetan family tea ceremony and Tibetan buddies at a cafe in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. Directed by Pema Dhondup. Produced by Rupin Dang & Pema Dhondup Wilderness Films India Ltd. in association with Clear Mirror Pictures is proud to present the first ever Indo-Tibetan feature film "We're No Monks". Shot on location around McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, and Tibetan camp Delhi, it is a story about the dreams, aspirations and desires of four friends who under social, political and economic frustrations plot to become terrorists. Clear mirror is spoken "me-long" in Tibetan. It is an ancient symbol of power and equanimity and is said to have properties of projecting the identified facts of any object unfiltered. Our first narrative feature film, We're No Monks (working title The Four Harm