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The leaf, not yet falling

by Darly

The two posts about the bodhi tree by Ginger and Salat made me think of this video clip. The first time I saw “the leaf, not yet falling” was at the First International Conference on Lao Studies in May of 2005.

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4 Responses to “The leaf, not yet falling”

  1. I just saw that movie last month. What did you think of it?

    PS- DJ, your food blog makes me hungry all the time!

  2. A very poetic film.  And great translation of Lao words I didn't even know existed in our language. 

    I have to add that Laos is a very beautiful country.  The mighty Mekong river itself is like an ocean (of happiness).  :)

  3. Hi Joy,

    The first time I saw it, I was crying like a baby, along with many others at the conference. While we came from different corners of the world, we all had one thing in common, much like the narrator in the movie.

  4. [...] I came to D.C. in 2003 for the US-ASEAN Film and Photography Festival for my documentary film The Leaf, Not Yet Falling. While I was here, I learned about the Laotian community and before I knew it, I was already [...]

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