9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN

After a fortune teller warns 63-year-old Sakol that his elderly mother may soon die, he becomes determined to alter her fate. His solution: gather the family for an ambitious one-day pilgrimage to nine temples, making merit in hopes of prolonging her life. Just weeks before his mother’s birthday, nine family members pile together for a journey through Thailand’s magnificent temples, carrying with them generations of affection, resentment, obligation, and unresolved tension.