Travellers and Magicians

A young government official, named Dondup, who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of the country. He misses the one bus out of town to Thimphu, however, and is forced to hitchhike and walk along the Lateral Road to the west, accompanied by an apple seller, a Buddhist monk with his ornate, dragon-headed dramyin, a drunk, a widowed rice paper maker, and his beautiful daughter, Sonam.

Release Date

Sep 9, 2003

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Khyentse Norbu

Original Title

ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང

Country

Bhutan, United Kingdom

Company

Prayer Flag Pictures, HanWay Films