Sooner or later, everyone in THE MONK AND THE GUN asks the obvious question. What would a monk want with a gun? The monk in this case is a Bhutanese Buddhist Lama, and he is about to break his meditation retreat two years early in order to perform a ritual that will need one. Actually,… Read More »
CUP, THE (PHORPA)
I dare say that the premise of THE CUP is one you havent encountered before. Bhutans first feature length film is set in a remote monastery in that tiny country. There, near the Tibetan border lives a junior monk who is soccer mad. Many of the other monks share his passion, but Origyen is the one who eats, drinks, sleeps,… Read More »