The Monk and the Gun

• Pawo Choyning Dorji
• 107 min
• Bhutan, France, United States, Taiwan
• 2023
• Fiction

A charming dramedy about democratic reforms and unscrupulous foreign interests in Bhutan, and a celebrated follow-up to the GFF and box office hit Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom.

In 2006, Bhutan's king abdicated, and the country began its journey toward democracy, a historic turning point portrayed here with humor and warmth by Pawo Choyning Dorji, the director behind the Oscar-nominated Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom. As the authorities try to educate the population about what democracy is, register eligible voters, and conduct practice elections, an elderly lama assigns a younger monk the ominous task of acquiring two weapons. The monk succeeds, but his path crosses with an American arms collector willing to pay almost any price for the old rifle he came to take home. However, not everything can be bought with money. Bhutan's Oscar submission and a new emerging audience favorite.

- Johan Blomqvist

• Politik
• Roadmovie
• Komedi
• Makt
• Epok
• Uppbrott