This beautiful documentary takes us to Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom long cut off from the world, where the youth is gradually entering modernity.
In this small Buddhist kingdom of less than 800,000 inhabitants, nestled to the east of the Himalayan range, television and the Internet have only been allowed for about twenty years.
The daily rituals of the monks are in direct competition with the new addiction to smartphones. In the land of happiness, the recent arrival of the internet brings significant upheavals.
“Sing Me a Song” allows us to discover a country often reduced to its “gross national happiness” index (which the government uses to measure the well-being of its population), but which does not escape modernity.
Young Peyangki lives and studies in a traditional monastery in Bhutan. Peyangki is passionate about love songs and falls in love on WeChat with a young singer.
Nothing unusual for a young teenager today. Will he succumb to romance and the temptations of the city, or will he stay in the monastery?
A somewhat slow film, but enlightening and with breathtakingly beautiful images.
