Archive: Keswick Film Festival - The Monk And The Gun

Saturday 8th March 2:00 PM - Rheged

The Monk And The Gun

Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji Country: Bhutan,Taiwan, USA, Hong Kong
Cert: PG Year: 2024 Length: 107 mins

2025 Festival

Audience Reaction

Score: 90.89% Attendance: 105

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Following up his Oscar-nominated debut film "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom," Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji's "The Monk and the Gun" is a droll political satire set in the year 2006 as the Kingdom of Bhutan transitions towards becoming the world’s youngest democracy. An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.

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Critics

The ensemble comedy examines how the country’s upcoming mock elections affect the titular monk, a rural family, and an election official, all of whose lives collide in minor and major ways.