Dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji
2019 | 110 mins | Bhutan
Dzongkha with English subtitles
Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung

SHOWING TIMES:

• Fri 12 May: 5.20pm
• Sat 13 May: 1pm
• Sun 14 May: 2.30pm
• Sun 14 May: 2.30pm
• Mon 15 May: 2pm

A disillusioned schoolteacher is transferred to the most remote school in the world, cut off from modern life deep in the Himalayan glaciers. In a classroom with no electricity or even a blackboard, he finds himself with only a yak and a song that echoes through the mountains.

Struggling with his chosen profession, Ugyen is disappointed to learn that in his final year of training he’ll be sent to Lunana, in northern Bhutan – a staggering seven-day walk from the nearest drop off point. The high altitude and lack of amenities finds Ugyen wanting to leave almost as soon as he arrives. But the local children welcome him and try to win him over. But they don’t have long – he must decide whether to stay or go before the punishing winter reaches this glacial part of the Himalayas. Filmed using cameras operating on solar-powered batteries, this is a charming drama that gives insight into a part of the world rarely seen on the screen.

“So pure of spirit and so open-hearted, you want to breathe it in, to fill your lungs with it” – THE GUARDIAN ★★★★

OSCAR NOMINATED for BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 2023

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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