UMFF 2024. 9. 27 - 10. 1

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Screening Program  /   Asian Competition

The Monk and the Gun

The Monk and the Gun

  • Bhutan, USA, France, Taiwan
  • 2023
  • 107min
  • Fiction
  • color

Schedule

Coming Soon
  • 09.29 SUN11:30
    Umff Cinema

SYNOPSIS

In 2006, Bhutan becomes the last country to connect to the internet and television, embracing modernization and democracy. To teach the people how to vote, the authorities organize a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced. Traveling to rural Bhutan, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for the election day. 

NOTE

[Pawo Choyning Dorji, Director​]

With The Monk and the Gun, the audience will see that many of the rural characters in the story, who are driven and motivated by innocence, are highlighted even more when we contrast the story between the rural and urban. 

Photo

Director

Pawo Choyning Dorji

A writer, photographer, and filmmaker from the Kingdom of Bhutan. His directorial debut, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, was invited to several international film festivals and was nominated for the International Feature Film at the 2022 Academy Awards. 

Credit

Producer
Pawo Choyning Dorji, Stephanie Lai, Jean-Christophe Simon, Hsu Feng
Cast
Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam
Cinematography
Jigmé T. Tenzing
Editor
Hsiao-Yun Ku
Music
Frédéric Alvarez
Sound
Duu-Chih Tu, Yi-Chen Chiang
Script
Pawo Choyning Dorji