The visually poetic, observational nonfiction film “Sing Me a Song” follows a young Bhutanese monk named Peyangki as he personally experiences digital disruption. He confides to the camera that he hopes to become a lama and shares his excitement about one day seeing airplanes and tall buildings. Even with the low-key nature of the subjects, it is a genuinely riveting story as we wait to see what happens when these worlds collide. In continuing with Peyangki’s reluctant existence as a monk, Balmès bears intimate witness to someone teetering on the edge of monastic life. AdvertisementUltimately about things greater than the impact of technology, “Sing Me a Song” inevitably leads us back to an assessment of the earlier film’s title: What is “Happiness”?

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2021 18:00 UTC