剧情介绍
In elegiac images, this film captures the meditative life of four novice monks in Myanmar. When they are suddenly left on their own, their world begins to unravel and lose its everyday rhythm. The boys are faced with some of the toughest challenges of their young lives. Then gunshots ring out from the valley far below.
With their monastery nestled in the jungle mountains of Myanmar, life cycles peacefully for four young Buddhist monks. One day the head abbot, Sayadaw, learns he must depart on a journey through the mountain pass - a journey that may never see his return. Alone and exposed, the four young boys, led by the courageous Ko Yin Witazara, must now fend for themselves. Strange days filled with ghostly phenomena and jarring events shake the boys to the core, dramatically influencing their understanding of this world and beyond, as Witazara must choose whether to follow the master into the pass.
开篇的几个镜头就显得不凡。且是难得的予人平静的片子，平静中带着甘甜，像巴赫的协奏曲。
念头起落
“我认真反省，我吃食物不是来玩，也不是因为高兴为了来发财，也不是变美，而是为了身体的营养与维持，为了保持健康，为了有利于精神生活。想到这些，我会减轻饥饿，不多吃，所以我可以清白自在地继续生活。” 小沙弥们早上起床了念经，吃过早饭后就不会再吃东西，因为过午不食。晚上继续念经然后打坐。在电视上看的资源片名叫《小沙弥的异想世界》
一位缅甸人在美国加州伯克利大学读了电影专业拍的一部电影。此部电影需要对照阿姜查写的《森林里的法语》解读。即小沙弥在住持外出办事，临时授命照顾其余3位更小沙弥且偶遇村庄战事，供养人避祸逃离，4人饿肚须自己外出托钵，前前后后自己跟身边小沙弥们内心心念感召善恶被导演放大演绎出来的灵异事件。举例，出门托钵第一天进入树林听到有人跟他说“找到出路活下去！”其实是他自己在努力克服困难，独自出门托钵，定要找寻到食物，让大伙4人活下去的心理诉求的体现。在森林里迷路，夜晚遇到恶魔追赶，小沙弥大喊“请走开，我不害怕你！”其实是因为小沙弥夜晚迷路害怕所致。南传佛教主要修觉照心念来去自如，心念升起后会变成意识流生长变大，要观察它，灭度它。但小沙弥只有升起，害怕，修为还不够。此片涉及没有食物供养时马上早上诵经修忏悔。
蛮无聊的。