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The Monk and the Gun

Directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Bhutan
2023
106 mins

Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has finally arrived. Bhutan becomes the last country in the world to connect to the internet and television, and now the biggest change of all: democracy.

To teach the people how to vote, the authorities organize a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced. Traveling to rural Bhutan, where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for election day.

  • Year
    2023
  • Country
    Bhutan
  • Language
    Dzongkha
  • Director
    Pawo Choyning Dorji
  • Cast
    Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa
  • Writer
    Pawo Choyning Dorji
  • Cinematographer
    Jigme Tenzing
  • Editor
    Ku Hsiao-yun
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Theme
    Drama

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