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An American travels to Bhutan in search of a treasure and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernisation has finally arrived. Bhutan became 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 organise a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced. Travelling 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.

Credits

Director
Pawo Choyning Dorji
Screenwriter
Pawo Choyning Dorji
Producer
Pawo Choyning Dorji, Stephanie Lai, Jean-Christophe Simon, Hsu Feng
Production Company
Dingphu Dingphu: a 3 pigs Production (Bhutan), Jouney to the East Films Ltd (Taiwan), Films Boutique (France), Tomson Films (Taiwan), Closer Media (USA), Animandala (USA), N8 (USA), Wooden Trailer Productions (USA)

About the Director

Pawo Choyning Dorji
Pawo Choyning Dorji started his filmmaking career under the guidance of film Director and renowned Buddhist Lama Khyentse Norbu. Pawo worked as an assistant for Norbu’s films’ Vara: A Blessing’ (2013) and ‘Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait’ (2016). Pawo made his directorial debut in 2019 with ‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’. The film was shot in one of the remotest human settlements in the w