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- WALK WITH ME Q&A - BFI London Film Festival 2017
WALK WITH ME Q&A - BFI London Film Festival 2017
Directors, Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh, along with cast members joined the BFI's Laure Bonville to discuss the making of their film Walk with Me.
This contemplative journey follows in the steps of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and is a rare insight into life within a monastic community. The sun rises. Everything is calm and still. Life is beautifully serene as Benedict Cumberbatch's composed, meditative voice reads an extract from Thich Nhat Hanh's early journals. So begins Max Pugh and Marc J Francis' (Black Gold, LFF2006) fascinating and immersive exploration of what it means to devote one's life to mindfulness. With unprecedented access to the famous secluded monastery of Plum Village in the South West of France, Walk With Me captures the daily routine and rituals of monks and nuns on a quest to develop a deep sense of presence.