Le Sourire

In the year that Cannes Film Festival handed out awards to Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita LAvventura by Michelangelo Antonioni and Kagi by Kon Ichikawa Le Sourire won the Palme dOr for Best Short Film in 1960 This quiet and intelligent film is a remarkable interpretation of a young monks perspective into a world of meditation sacred geometry and coming of age A tribute to Buddhism introspection and the wonders of naturea short but lasting work of art