Sing Me A Song
Year: 2019
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Director: Thomas Balmes
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 99 min.
Age: 16+
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Director: Thomas Balmes
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 99 min.
Age: 16+
The brilliant work by the documentary classic Thomas Balmes
International Competition
Young Peyangki lives and studies in a picturesque monastery deep in the mountains of Bhutan. A few years have passed since the king allowed TV and internet into the country, and now the structured daily rituals of candle lighting and recitation of prayers compete with the powerful lure of smartphones. Privately, Peyangki is passionate about love songs and falls in love on WeChat with a young singer from the city of Thimphu. Disinterested in the study and often reprimanded by his masters, he sells medicinal mushrooms to make enough money to leave the monastery in search of “the one he dreams of night and day”. Peyangki trades in his robes for street clothes, but will he succumb to romance and the temptations of the city or return to his pious life in the monastery?
Vote for the best film of the Festival according to the audience. The voting form is HERE and will be available from December 11th.
Young Peyangki lives and studies in a picturesque monastery deep in the mountains of Bhutan. A few years have passed since the king allowed TV and internet into the country, and now the structured daily rituals of candle lighting and recitation of prayers compete with the powerful lure of smartphones. Privately, Peyangki is passionate about love songs and falls in love on WeChat with a young singer from the city of Thimphu. Disinterested in the study and often reprimanded by his masters, he sells medicinal mushrooms to make enough money to leave the monastery in search of “the one he dreams of night and day”. Peyangki trades in his robes for street clothes, but will he succumb to romance and the temptations of the city or return to his pious life in the monastery?
Vote for the best film of the Festival according to the audience. The voting form is HERE and will be available from December 11th.
Awards & Festivals:
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival –Grand Jury Prize (Best Director)
Docville – participation
Docville – participation
