LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

By Pawo Choyning DORJI

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Children's - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2019
A Window on Asian Cinema
Oscars 2022
Nomination for Best International Feature Film
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Children's, First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • BHUTAN
    • Languages
    • Other
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pawo Choyning DORJI
    • Synopsis
    • Struggling with his profession as a teacher, Ugyen is sent to Lunana in northern Bhutan for his final year of training. The high altitude and the lack of amenities make Ugyen want to leave as soon as he arrives. With a warm welcome the local children try to win him over but they don’t have much time as the harsh winter is about to arrive in the glacial parts of the Himalaya…