- With no existing story-lines or screenplay., the film was 'made up as we went along', in the hills, over 10 days. The cast were briefed at breakfast about the purpose of the scenes they would improvise that day.
- It is late afternoon, when a minivan delivers a small group of foreigners and Thais, to a remote retreat, in the hills of northern Thailand. Each guest is a flawed individual who has come to learn how to become a child again. On arrival, everyone is obliged to surrender their cell phones. That evening the guests settle in, and get acquainted with each other. The following morning, dressed all-in-white, the slim, and fit, silver-haired instructor, "Guru Noi"("Little Guru'", welcomes everyone to their first session. The group are asked to walk around the hall. and greet each other. But, when told to hug each other, May, a 'hi so' graduate, runs to the assistant. Jason, a young Canadian backpacker turns up 12 hours late. "Guru Noi" commends his tardiness, describing it as 'child-like'. Holden, a New Yorker, is 'child-like' too, playing truant down at the river. The exercises become progressively unsettling, as each guest is asked to recount a childhood memory. Some of these recollections are played out before the group. Kevin, the tall and loud American is reluctant to re-visit the scene of him sitting in the tyre. The 'small boy' is 'pushed' by "Buddha Boy", playing the young, attractive aunt, who liked to 'swing' Kevin. Worse follows, when another American, Brad, re-lives the afternoon he played 'catch' with his dog, and found his brother hanging in the garage. Over lunch, Brad is still shaken, as the group discuss the credentials of this self-appointed guru. For the afternoon session, they are driven into the hills, to a barren plateau. Split into two groups, and armed with balloons filled with water, (that explode upon impact) the plateau, turns into a battleground, for a playground favourite, "War". In the midst of the action, Josh, the most ardent critic, launches a 'bomb', that strikes and floors 'Guru Noi'. This 'killing', in the 'spirit of play', is about to become significant, by foretelling an imminent mutiny.—Kaprice Kea
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