在这部老虎与和尚纪录片片中,本片讲述了泰国曼谷一座寺庙与众多老虎之间的神奇故事。该寺庙坐落在泰国西部的勘察南部日省，在这里生活着12个和尚和16只老虎。寺庙住持是这一奇特世界的核心人物，也是一个能够与老虎等野生猛兽对话的传奇人物。几十年来，在他的带领下，老虎与和尚一同吃住，一同玩耍，过着平静而又和谐的生活。
Wat Pa Luangta Bua is a monastery of meditation, situated far away from any civilization, about 200 kilometers west of Bangkok, and here, silcence, peace and harmony reign. Every afternoon, a daily ritual is observed - nonchalant Buddhist monks take their ten 3-5 year old tigers out on a leash for a walk through the bordering region of Burma. They dote upon their tigers, feed them and celebrate them as their most sacred animal. The monks treat grown-up animals with reverence and respect although they cuddle and play with the cubs. The tigers were once the "aristocrats" of the jungle of South East Asia but today, this undisputed ruler of the animal kingdom is one of the most endangered species in the world. Three of the eight subspecies are already extinct, a fate that could also overcome the others. Only an estimated 500 to 2000 tigers of Indochina still inhabit the intact jungle regions of South China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam. This documentary portrays the ...
