THE MONK AND THE GUN

By Pawo CHOYNING DORJI

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Comedy - Completed 2023

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, authorities organize a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2023
Centrepiece
Busan IFF 2023
A Window on Asian Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Countries
    • BHUTAN, FRANCE, USA, TAIWAN
    • Languages
    • Other
    • Duration
    • 107 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pawo CHOYNING DORJI
    • Synopsis
    • 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. Travelling to rural Bhutan where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for the election day.