International co-production involving Italy, France, and the United Kingdom. Plot Summary The film follows two parallel stories:
O filme narra a jornada de monges tibetanos que acreditam ter encontrado a reencarnação de um mestre budista em um garoto americano, intercalando essa história com a vida de Siddhartha Gautama Onde assistir: Atualmente, o documentário relacionado The Buddha está disponível no Prime Video o pequeno buda dublado
Interspersed with the modern search is an extended retelling of the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (played by Keanu Reeves). This segment functions as a film-within-a-film, visualizing the journey of the prince who leaves his life of luxury to seek enlightenment, eventually becoming the Buddha. These sequences are stylized, colorful, and fable-like, contrasting with the grittier, more realistic tone of the Seattle segments. These sequences are stylized