THE MONK

By The Maw NAING

NEGATIV FILM PRODUCTIONS - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2014

Entering the spiritual path does not mean
that your feet leave the ground.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2014
A Window on Asian Cinema
Karlovy Vary IFF 2014
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film
    • Countries
    • BIRMANIE, CZECH REPUBLIC
    • Languages
    • Other
    • Duration
    • 91 mn
    • Director(s)
    • The Maw NAING
    • Synopsis
    • A young boy Zawana enters a small village monastery
      led by U Dahma. Zawana has doubts if this lifestyle is
      right for him, but he grows to like the old abbot. The
      monastery faces financial crisis, monks are leaving,
      and on top of that U Dahma gets sick. Somebody must
      take care of him and the whole community. Zawana
      understands that he has to take the challenge...