Director: Khyentse Norbu
Screenplay: Khyentse Norbu
Cinematographer: Alan Kozlowski
Editing: John Scott, Lisa-Anne Morris
Art Director: Raymond Steiner
Sound: Andrew Bellety
Cast.: Tshewang Dendup, Sonam Lhamo, Lhakpa Dorji, Deki Yangsom, Sonam Kinga
Production: Prayer Flag Pictures
Distribution:
Pyramide Distribution
5 rue du Chevalier St George
75008 Paris
Tel: 0033-1.42.96.01.10
Fax: 0033-1.40.20.02.21
Mail: [email protected]
www.pyramidefilms.com
Year: 2003
35 mm, Color, 108 min,
OV Dzongkha with French subtitles
Government officer Dondup lives in a tiny village in the mountains of Bhutan and dreams of leaving for the US to become rich. To reach his goal, he only needs a visa from a faraway big city. He walks along with an apple peddler and a monk, who day after day tells him the story of Tashi, a young farmer who also wanted a new life but had his plans changed when he fell in love. When a merchant and his very beautiful daughter join their group, the monk’s tale meets with a response from Dondup, whose destiny is about to change…
