Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of experience, a dreamer's journey through the lives, experiences, stories and musings of protagonists spanning ten countries and five continents.
年轻的西班牙女教师莱雅将伤心的往事抛在脑后,只身来到尼泊尔首都加德满都,并在当地的一所学校做起了老师。初来乍到,当地的贫穷与教育上的等级歧视使莱雅感到非常震惊,她下决心要改善孩子们的学习状况。为了长期留在尼泊尔,她匆匆和一个当地人结婚,并走进加德满都的贫民窟,踏上了普及教育的征途。但很快她就发现,单凭自己一个人的力量是远远不够的。幸运的是,上天赐予了她一份意料之外的礼物:她爱上了那个和她结婚的“陌生人”……
With his elderly grandfather, seven year old Chandra walks through earthquake-hit Kathmandu to visit his mother and newborn sibling in hospital.
On a summer day, from his balcony, the filmmaker observes two women diligently cutting grass for their cows on one of the last remaining vacant plots of Kathmandu.
The Odd Monk is a personal journey through modern day Buddhism. German first time Filmmaker Jesco Puluj travels around the world, meeting a variety of monks and nuns to discover the essence of Buddhism.