Walk With Me
Synopsis
With unprecedented access and filmed over three years in France and the USA, this intimate and meditative film reveals how this monastic community are transforming suffering within themselves and in those who they meet on their travels around the world.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese monk Martin Luther King Jr. nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is one of the most popular Zen Buddhist teachers of all time, and is widely acknowledged for introducing the concept of mindfulness to the western world.
The film touches on the universal themes of belonging, love, loss, hope and death, relevant for not just Thich Nhat Hanh's monks and nuns but for us all.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Journey Strand
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 88 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Marc J Francis, Max Pugh
- Producer
- Marc J Francis, Max Pugh
- Executive Producer
- Nick Francis
- Editor
- Marc J Francis, Max Pugh, Nicholas Chaudeurge, Alan Mackay
- Director of Photography
- Marc J Francis, Max Pugh
- Sound
- Anna Bertmark
- Composer
- Germaine Franco
- Principal cast
- With: Thich Nhat Hanh; Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Speakit Films
Shed Workspace 2,8 Lee Street
London
E8 4DY
Sales Company
WestEnd Films
Shepherds Building CentralCharecroft Way
London
W14 0EE
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