Underplayed Gems

Travellers and Magicians (2003)

Travellers and Magicians poster
Original title
ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང
Directed by
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man in Bhutan dreams of leaving his village for America. As he waits for a ride, he and fellow travelers share stories that make him rethink his desires.

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What happens

Travellers and Magicians is a 2003 Bhutanese Dzongkha-language film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu, writer and director of the arthouse film The Cup. The movie is the first feature film shot entirely in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The majority of the cast are not professional actors; Tshewang Dendup, a well-known Bhutanese radio actor and producer, is the exception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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