Mar 17, 2008
26 min
Full-HD

The Monk (2008)

In the prosperous city, a monk wearing a brownish-yellow Buddhist gown begs for alms and blesses passers-by with a smile. After bring moved on by the police, after concerns voiced by a production unit, and after an encounter with an old woman who gives him alms, he begins to ask himself: Who am I really?

Category

Drama

Country

Hong Kong

Companies

Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Fresh Wave Hong Kong Arts Development Council Hong Kong International Film Festival Society

Ko Hon-Man

The Monk

Bone Chan Chi-Fung

Michael Chu Kwan Wai

Jennifer Fung Ka Po

Ko Chin Ming

Duo Poon Kin Ho

Shek Keong Wong

Arthur Wong Chi Yee

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