Sing Me A Song

Sing Me A Song

2DCS/ESU
Director:Thomas Balmès
Premiere:9. March 2020
Length:95 minutes
Genre:Documentary

Director: Thomas Balmès

French documentary filmmaker Thomas Balmés returns to Bhutan with his camera after 10 years to continue his story of the life of a young novice, whose desire for spiritual awakening and work for the benefit of all beings was portrayed in the film Happiness (One World, 2014). Now, at the age of 18, the protagonist Päjangkji is losing the noble goal of his childhood in the blue glow of his mobile phone display. Along with other monks from the local monastery, he spends his time playing combat computer games and in virtual flirting with girls from the capital. Can the Buddhist ethos of deliverance withstand the onslaught of the seemingly omnipotent world of information technology in the heart of a teenage man?

Length: 95 min

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 9. March 2020
World premiere date: 7. October 2019

Country of origin:

  • France
  • Germany
  • Switzerland

Director: Thomas Balmès

French documentary filmmaker Thomas Balmés returns to Bhutan with his camera after 10 years to continue his story of the life of a young novice, whose desire for spiritual awakening and work for the benefit of all beings was portrayed in the film Happiness (One World, 2014). Now, at the age of 18, the protagonist Päjangkji is losing the noble goal of his childhood in the blue glow of his mobile phone display. Along with other monks from the local monastery, he spends his time playing combat computer games and in virtual flirting with girls from the capital. Can the Buddhist ethos of deliverance withstand the onslaught of the seemingly omnipotent world of information technology in the heart of a teenage man?

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 9. March 2020
World premiere date: 7. October 2019

Country of origin:

  • France
  • Germany
  • Switzerland