A Monk's Awakening
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A young monk on a journey to deliver a sacred sword back to his venerated master is challenged by a samurai. The monk begs the samurai to spare his life, promising the samurai he will return to fight once he has accomplished his mission. Once back at the temple, the monk's elderly master orders him to keep his promise to return to confront the samurai - much to the monk's astonishment. He's desperate. He's facing certain death. What will he do? A visually ravishing film written, produced and directed by Marc-Olivier Louveau. Cast: Chau Belle Dinh, Malik Faroun, Jim-Adhl Limas and Issoji. (French Film)
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"A Monk’s Awakening, which is a French-produced, Vietnamese-language period samurai piece, had me convinced that there was going to be some kind of humorous or ironic pay-off simply because we rarely find this level of delicacy. Needless to say I found the film to be far more effective on a second viewing…
(As an aside, A Monk’s Awakening also points up another facet of the short film, namely its ability to predict potential new trends. In this case we see a more classical style of Asian filmmaking being translated abroad; meanwhile Dupe, a cheeky little British entry akin to a low-budget Multiplicity, has eBay as one of its major plot devices, a move which will surely soon become commonplace in numerous features.)
A Monk’s Awakening proves to be especially successful in its ambitions and achieves its own perfectly formed world."
