Drama
When a homeless boy living at the youth shelter run by a Buddhist monastery turns up dead, the Abbot recruits Father Ananda, a former policeman, to find out why. He discovers that all is not well at this urban monastery in the heart of Bangkok. Together with his dogged assistant, an orphaned boy named Jak, Father Ananda uncovers a startling series of clues that eventually exposes the motivation behind the crime and leads him to the murderer.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Marlowe
The Long Goodbye
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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2046
Sliver
Tsotsi
Dolls
A Sweet Scent of Death
The Devil's Rejects
No Code of Conduct
Inland Empire
Rope
Lemming
Mississippi Burning
A Time to Kill
As You Are
Beautiful Boxer
Streets of Rio
Thunder in the Night
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