Wednesday 11 December
10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm
Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
Drama
Bhutan
Bhutanese, English (English subtitles)
107 minutes
From the director of Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom which was shown to great acclaim by NFS December 2021, The Monk and The Gun captures the wonder and disruption as Bhutan becomes one of the world’s youngest democracies. Known throughout the world for its extraordinary beauty and its emphasis on Gross National Happiness, the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan was the last nation to connect to the internet and television.
If that weren’t enough to change, the King announced shortly afterwards that he would cede his power to the people via their vote and a new form of government: Democracy.
Gently satirizes the difficulties and downsides of bringing in foreign influences to a country that calculates a Gross National Happiness Index. – Andrea Chase, Killer Movie Reviews
In the Monk and the Gun, the establishment of one of the youngest democracies in the world is told in satirically amusing and biting ways. – William Stottor, Loud and Clear Reviews
