9 Temples to Heaven
A meditative Thai film about family, fate and temple rituals
A family embarks on a temple-to-temple road trip in this beautiful and meditative film.
When Sokol, a man in his sixties, is told by a fortune teller that his elderly mother will soon die, he does everything he can to save her—either in this life or the next. With his family in tow, he takes his mother to various temples, hoping that the list of rituals and ceremonies he has been given can truly change her fate.
Warm and melancholic in equal measure, 9 Temples to Heaven is a film in no hurry, giving every moment time to breathe.
The film is the feature debut of Sompot Chidgasornpongse, who has worked as an assistant director on several of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s films. It is also Thailand’s submission this year for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
