2023 | Rated PG-13 | 107 minutes | DCP | Subtitles | Click Title for Details
Set in 2006, when the Kingdom of Bhutan began its transition to democracy, this playful ensemble drama from writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji, director of 2019’s Oscar-nominated Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, is a poignant parable about the impossibility of embracing modernity without reckoning with the past.
The year 2006 marked a historical turning point for the Kingdom of Bhutan: with the abdication of its King, it began its journey to becoming the world’s youngest democracy. Following the adventures of monks, villagers, urbanites, and one hapless foreigner, this big-hearted ensemble drama captures that moment of transition in all its strangeness and wonder.
Loyola professor and film journalist Zbigniew Banas will lead a discussion after the screening.