Director: Mark Verkerk, 2006, Netherlands, 97min
Venue: Roxy Bar & Screen
UK Première
A double bill with The Heart. Part of LIDF Sunday at The Roxy (Part 2).

On Thailand’s northern border with Burma, a Buddhist monk wages a unique battle to save children from drugs and corruption. Phra Khru Ba Neua Chai – a former soldier and Thai-boxing champion now better known as ‘The Tiger Monk’ – runs a monastery taking in homeless and abandoned children, often the victims of drug addiction or trafficking. Based in the notorious ‘Golden Triangle’ border region, rife with drugs and warring gangs, he has been attacked many times by local gangsters for persuading locals to grow vegetables instead of opium. But he continues his work regardless, teaching Buddhist compassion… and a little Thai-boxing.

This film is followed follows The Heart, and is the second part of a day of films at the Roxy on Sunday 30 March 2008.

TICKETS
£5.00
Tickets can be booked through the LIDF website on www.lidf.co.uk

Tickets will be available on the door, but seats are limited and you are advised to book in advance.
The Roxy Cinema are offering all festival-goers a half-price bottle of wine with any food order, for the week of the festival. See Roxy website for restaurant details.