A Little Wisdom (2017)
- Directed by
- Yuqi Kang
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- ALL
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A documentary about young boys living at a Buddhist monastery school in Nepal. It focuses on a four year old boy named Hopakuli who was left there with his brother by their mother after their father died.
observationalintimategentletenderquietearnestunhurriedpoignant
What happens
A Little Wisdom is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by Yuqi Kang. The film depicts a group of young boys at a Buddhist monastery school in Lumbini, Nepal, centring in particular on Hopakuli, a four-year-old boy who was left at the monastery with his brother Chorten by their impoverished single mother following their father's death. The film premiered in 2017 at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival. It had its American premiere at SXSW, and its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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