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In 1945, two French anthropologists spent a month as guests in a Thai village near the mountain of Chiang Dao. The fact that the duo missed the path whilst attempting to climb the mountain was just one of the European idiosyncracies that amused the village inhabitants. One of them, Lo Me Akha, paid a return visit to Paris three years later. An undertaking that he himself describes as an 'anthropological expedition'. He frequently pleased his surrealistic host, - André Breton, with surprised reflections on the absurd economic system and the strange habits of Parisians. ''They treat dogs like little children, they take them everywhere.'' The difference between a pet shop and a butcher's shop was never clear to Lo Me Akha. A surrealistic documentary with a sting in the tail that, despite the rather tame first half, will have a high drop-out percentage when shown on the big screen.
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André Nientied
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Translation: Opas Saenya
Voice: David Lamelas
With: Lo Me Akha
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