Lois Patiño tells two stories, one of a man named Amid in Laos who meets a young monk. And the other of a young girl in Africa who wakes up to find her goat has given birth.
Quiet and meditative this is a film more about what you find in the contemplation of what it is showing you rather than with in what we are told. Actually what we are told isn't much since the film more or less is simply life unfolding. We are left to ponder the spiritual side of everything.
While I am a fan of Patino's, I kind of think he missed the mark with this film. While I know his films can be meditative, this time out I'm not certain there is enough to hold together a feature. My attention drifted off and my eyelids got heavy, and while I made it to the end I'm not certain there was enough here for me.
Worth a look for the interested, but not for the casual film goer.
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