Ireland on Sunday, the exciting monthly showcase for new Irish fiction and documentary films, continues with Today Is Better Than Two Tomorrows.
Shot over the course of four years in an unknown corner of Laos, South East Asia, director Anna Rodgers’ film tells a simple story of friendship between two boys, Leh and Bo, who leave home at the age of eleven to become novice monks. Gently unfolding like a Buddhist fable, this intimate and meditative film takes us on a journey down the Mekong into a world caught between Eastern wishfulness and Western dreams.

Rodgers started the film as a young Irish backpacker who happened upon this family and spent years working with no crew or translator, determined to bring their story to life. One of the few documentaries to come out of the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos, Today Is Better Than Two Tomorrows presents a window onto a unique and fading culture.