Walk with Me

A meditation on a community grappling with existential questions and everyday monastic life, filmed over 3 years, in a buddhist monastery in rural France. We see inside a Zen Buddhist community who have given up all their possessions and signed up to a life of chastity for one common purpose - to transform their suffering with the world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Filmed over 3 years, in their monastery in rural France and in the USA, the film is a meditation on a community grappling with existential questions and everyday monastic life.

Keywords

  • religion

Actors

  • Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Thich Nhát Hanh
  • Brother Pháp De

Director

  • Marc Francis
  • Max Pugh

Documentary


1h 28min


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FR

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Canada
United States
2017
A meditation on a community grappling with existential questions and everyday monastic life, filmed over 3 years, in a buddhist monastery in rural France.

A meditation on a community grappling with existential questions and everyday monastic life, filmed over 3 years, in a buddhist monastery in rural France.


We see inside a Zen Buddhist community who have given up all their possessions and signed up to a life of chastity for one common purpose - to transform their suffering with the world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Filmed over 3 years, in their monastery in rural France and in the USA, the film is a meditation on a community grappling with existential questions and everyday monastic life.

Cast & Crew