Opiniones de usuarios

Tho i didnt know exactly what i signed for when i started watching it. I loved Benedict voice, and the prose of thich Naht hanh, and the photograph of this movie, i felt a soothing kind of feeling. But even with those things, when it ended, i was kinda left off. Maybe because i was expecting his life or more about him than the centre and practice that he build... it was beautiful, anyways. To watched.

I loved the music, especially the solo violin during what looked like a visitor orientation session. If anyone knows the title and composer of the piece, I'd love to know. The movie itself was kind of a letdown. It didn't seem especially illuminating, deep or even meditative. Just some monks and monastery guests going through their routines. Lots of shots of TNH, but he didn't seem to have many moving words of wisdom beyond the regular fare of "the clouds become your tea, so don't mourn your dog."

I really like this kind of documentary movie which is filmed seemingly close to their real life. The sound and the quotes are beautiful. The film makes me wanting to know more about Buddhism and the meaning of living.

Zen Buddhism is a really interesting way to look at the world, and Thich Nhat Hanh is arguably one of its great teachers. But neither comes through in this well meant but pointless film.

The film fails to tell you much of anything. You don't learn who Thich Nhat Hanh is, what he's doing, where he's doing it (beyond somewhere in France), or why he's doing it. There's no history, no context. It's mostly just following a guy around, and I mean that literally, there are minutes on screen of the back of a guy's head as he walks about.

You won't learn much of anything about Zen Buddhism. The five core precepts aren't mentioned, nor the 14 mindfulness teachings. You'll have to look them up because IMDb won't let me post a link here.

You'd think that any film about Thich Nhat Hanh would at least mention what he's known for. If you think that, this film will disappoint you.

And I have to say the camera work played against what little message there was. For example, there were way, way, way too many extreme closeups, which emphasizes the individual and downplays the connections between all things that Thich Nhat Hanh teaches.

Thich Nhat Hanh and the Zen Buddhism he teaches deserve a better film than this.

If you're looking for a documentary ABOUT Thich Nhat Hanh, you will be disappointed. If you're looking for a documentary designed to immerse you in the experience of spending 90 minutes WITH Thich Nhat Hanh, this is a wonderful, moving film. I would advise treating it like a meditation practice, observing the beautiful moments throughout without the expectation of learning some new information, but rather apprehending through direct experience that to which the finger of Thay's teaching points...this is a film to be experienced rather than conceptualized and understood. Pausing and going into one's breathing during the bells, as one would on retreat with Thay, is equally suggested.

"When you can hold the pain of the world in your heart without losing sight of the vastness of the Great Eastern Sun, then you will be able to make a proper cup of tea" - Chogyam Trungpa

Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai said "You do not define the truth, you simply enter into it." That could be a metaphor for Walk with Me, a joyous documentary about Zen Buddhist teacher, writer, and spiritual leader Thich Nhát Hanh who was called "an apostle of peace and nonviolence" by Martin Luther King Jr. who also nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Written and directed by Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh and three years in the making, Walk with Me was filmed at the Plum Village monastery in Southwest France established by Hanh in 1982 after being exiled from his native Vietnam for his campaign of nonviolence protesting the Vietnam War.

The film is not a traditional documentary containing interviews with colleagues or academics offering a historical perspective, but rather an immersive and meditative experience that erases the line between observer and participant. It captures the life of the monastic community as they prepare meals, perform sitting and walking meditation, pray, and participate in chanting and singing. The monks and nuns have surrendered all of their personal possessions, and needless to say, there are no distractions such as cars, smart phones, smart reporters, tourists, or television. Aside from the daily rituals and chores, there is in fact nothing to do, there is only to be.

Employing an unhurried pace that may challenge some viewers, the film invites us to slow down and practice "mindfulness," the central core of Thich Nhát Hanh's teaching which refers to being present to each moment. According to Hanh, nothing exists beyond the present moment. Space and time are concepts of the mind and reminiscing about the past or speculating about the future does not bring us any closer to discovering who we really are. To make sure that no one forgets, a bell rings every fifteen minutes to remind everyone to stay focused on the moment and not perform tasks automatically. So that we know that enlightenment is always a work in progress, a young man standing in a line of monks in silent contemplation, fidgets, yawns, and rubs his head in a way suggesting he would rather be somewhere else.

Though there is little actual teaching in the film, there is a touching sequence where a little girl tells the Zen master that her little dog has died and she wants to know how to stop feeling sad. Thich Nhát Hanh tells her to look at the cloud above her and to see that when it passes, it turns into rain and that nothing ever dies. It just changes form. Providing an illuminating context, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch ("Doctor Strange") narrates portions of Thich Nhát Hanh's journal Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals 1962-66 with a background of stunning images of the vineyards in the Dordogne Valley as choreographed by Francis and Pugh. The power of the music composed by Germaine Franco and performed by Sister Trai Nghiêm is deeply moving and I cried when a visitor to the monastery is triggered by the overwhelming beauty of the music and breaks down in tears.

Surprisingly, the film shifts gears, moving from the solitude of Plum Village to the honking taxicabs and street preachers of downtown Manhattan as the monks prepare for a talk by Thich Nhát Hanh during a promotional tour. The visit to New York gives some monks the opportunity to visit their families that they only see every couple of years. While in New York, they visit a women's prison where inmates ask questions about how they handle the absence of money and the lack of sexual intimacy in their lives. There is also an unexpected reunion when an old friend recognizes a monk that he knew many years ago in the city in which they grew up.

One of the most inspiring moments is a nun's visit with her elderly father in a nursing home, leading him in prayer and breathing exercises. Although Walk with Me does not probe very deeply beneath the surface, it is nonetheless a fitting tribute to a man revered by millions who is now in his nineties and recovering from a debilitating stroke.

Quaker mystic Thomas Kelly talks about "a whisper, a faint call, a premonition of richer living which we know we are passing by. We have hints," he says, "that there is a way of life vastly richer and deeper than all this hurried existence, a life of unhurried serenity and peace and power." In these days when hope and despair are constant companions, Walk with Me brings us closer to the experience of our true nature, allowing us to access, if only briefly, that unhurried serenity and the inner silence that, in Kelly's phrase, is "the source of all sound."

This film immerses the viewer into Thich Nhat Hanh's practice of mindfulness and approach to life. It sets a beautiful mood while showing the life at a Buddhist monastery. The viewer experiences Thich Nhat Hanh teaching, children asking difficult questions, monks and nuns playing calming classical music - interrupted by a bell after which everyone pauses to contemplate the present moment.

She is very sad to be away from a loving dog that can not be seen again, the teacher knows that what she wants most now is to see the dog again, how? He mentioned the clouds, when they gradually stopped growing into rain drops and fell to the ground, those drops of rain, it is the water to make tea, when the tea is again met clouds, though. is in the state of water but actually still the clouds of that time :))

Warning: If your soul is not well-prepared for this journey, don't watch it. There's a lot of tissues involved Yes, I started crying right after the first 5 minutes. Everything. Just so beautiful. So mesmerizing. The light. The sound. The people. My 2 most favorite humans in the world: Thich Nhat Hanh and Benedict Cumberbatch? Well I'm in. Ok, I think I've run out of tissues.

As someone who has been studying buddhism and trying to practice meditation on a regular basis, this film is inspirational. It does not have a typical story line as you may expect from a film; however, there's so much teachings lie beneath every shots, every scene, and every quotes that was selected from The journal. Beautiful.

This movie is a medium through which Thay transfers his messages and lessons about life, happiness and suffering to us. You may feel off when you watch it for the first time, but please give it the second, even third time, to see the beauty of mindfulness. It has been proved to save lives, and it continues to save lives. And Thay will be one of the greatest Zen masters of our time that help us suffer less and nourish the happiness and joy in us . Thank you, Thay.

Utterly moving. Beautifully captured through sound and raw cinematography. I loved the ambiguity through the close-ups and snippets into seemingly very different lives and moments in time. This for me reflected the mysterious life we are all experiencing. Coming and going, glimpses of happiness and misery. All at different stages, young and old. Wealthy and poor.

Yet through all of it the calm reminder of our timeless awareness. The monks and master graciously sowing seeds of mindfulness and dharma (the eightfold path). I am beyond grateful and brought to tears at the raw beauty captured in this film. I was seeing & hearing it all; the bell, the trees, ants, sun, smiles, tears; as if for the first time. I can imagine this way of life at Plum Village and how this way is fertile for love and bliss to fruit and be shared through the practice.

I felt the touch and essence of being human and also the soft reminders into the understanding that everything is interconnected. Like the cloud becoming the rain and appearing in our tea cup.

Thank you to all who made this film possible. This is another seed in a world that is in great need of mindful caretakers.

This documentary offers a unique insight into the life in the Plum Village. It also tells us of some beautiful truths as well, such as when the master explains to the little girl where her dog goes after death. Beautiful!