The Monk(2008)
In the prosperous city, a monk wearing a brownish-yellow Buddhist gown begs for alms and blesses passers-by with a smile. After bring moved on by the police, after concerns voiced by a production unit, and after an encounter with an old woman who gives him alms, he begins to ask himself: Who am I really?
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In the prosperous city, a monk wearing a brownish-yellow Buddhist gown begs for alms and blesses passers-by with a smile. After bring moved on by the police, after concerns voiced by a production unit, and after an encounter with an old woman who gives him alms, he begins to ask himself: Who am I really?
Release Date
2008-03-17
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6
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3.0 startsTagline
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广州话 / 廣州話普通话English
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