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Today Is Better Than
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U.S. Premiere (Ireland) |
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become a monk. Somewhere between Buddhist wishlessness and western dreams their paths will join again. Today is a good day to come of age. Today is better than two tomorrows. Leh and Bo are eleven years old – cousins and best friends – in Laos. Their future looks certain – leave school, marry young, and toil season after season in the paddy fields. However, their uncle Bounmy comes home one day with another idea. They must leave the village where they’ve grown up and move to the temple filled city of Luang Prabang…study hard, learn English, and maybe one day they’ll have an office job and be happy. These are their last days of childhood on the banks of the Mekong River. Leh ordains as a novice monk, while Bo attends a run down school 2 hours outside of town. While one struggles with monastic discipline, the other has to fend for himself. It seems certain neither Leh nor Bo will ever go back home to their Mekong valley village, and in quiet moments both dream of the family they left behind and the whispering rice fields full of spirits. TODAY IS BETTER THAN TWO TOMORROWS is a mindful observational film, which takes us into the heart of a unique but fading culture. It is a tale of both innocence and experience. Filmmaker website: http://www.todayisbetterthantwotomorrows.com/ |
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Directed By: Anna Rodgers