Off the Plate: My Son’s Film

Hi guys! Just can’t keep it to myself.  You know, like any other father out there, you’ll always be proud of your son’s milestones.

My youngest son, William, joined a summer reality show that somehow seriously threads the path to Buddhism. My wife and I were worried to let him go at first but his courage to be involved is just incomprehensible! 

SO BE IT!

Yes! “So Be It” is the title of the documentary film composed with two amazing stories! You’ll burst into tears with the back to back journey of my son and another beautiful boy named Bundit. The film had its World Premiere at the 2014 Busan Film Festival in Korea. Directed by Kongdej JATURANRASMEE, a Thai writer and director famous for his filmography namely  Sayew(2003), Midnight My Love(2005), Handle Me With Care(2008), Sawasdee Bangkok (2009), P-047(2011) and Tang Wong(2013).

Synopsis:

This film traces the journey of two Thai boys from disparate backgrounds on their search for answers in religion. Seven-year-old reality show participant William becomes an overnight star and then continues to pursue his dream of becoming a Buddhist monk at a mountain temple during school break. Eleven-year-old Bundit, an alpine region ethnic minority, has trouble dealing with the strict rules of his Buddhist boarding school. He sees his family for the first time in five years on the same break. For their education, the two boys are instructed to pursue the opposite of what they know. For William that means self-control, for Bundit it is freedom. However, what they end up learning is that their desires and dreams do not always align, and that happiness may need to be sacrificed. Such realizations are hinted through images of traditional illustrations recounting “The Tale of Sakka and Pura.” The camera’s unobtrusive distance respects the children as individual beings and transforms a plain coming-of-age story into a unique learning space where it is the children who impart the wisdom of life.

WATCH TRAILER below: