SING ME A SONG
France, Germany, Switzerland / 2019 / 95'
SING ME A SONG
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 smart phones. Privately, Peyangki is passionate about love songs and falls in love on WeChat with a young singer from the city of Thimphu. Disinterested in 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”. Will he succumb to romance and the temptations of the city or return to his pious life in the monastery?
Director: Thomas Balmès
Photography: Thomas Balmès
Editing: Alex Cardon, Ronan Sinquin
Sound: Marianne Russi, Itesh Chaurasia, Rajender Prasad, Sukanta Majumdar
Music: Nicolas Rabaeus
Production: Thomas Balmès
Co-producton: Zero One Film GmbH, Close Up Films
Selected Filmography:
- Happiness (2014)
- Babies / Bébé(s) (2010)
- A Decent Factory (2004)
- Christ Comes to the Papuans (2001)
- Waiting for Jesus (2000)
- The Gospel According to the Papuans (2000)
- Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (2019)
- DOC NYC, USA (2019)
- CPH:DOX, Denmark (2020)
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