The Monk And The Gun
BREC International Film Festival - Summer 2025
Wed
22
Wed 22 Jan 2:30 PM
BREC - The Cube Theatre
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Accessible Toilet
Companion Card
General Admission
111 Mins
DIRECTOR: Pawo Choyning Dorji
CAST: Tandin Wangchuk, Tandin Phubz, Kelsang Choejay
COUNTRY: Hong Kong, Bhutan, USA, Taiwan, France
LANGUAGE: English, Dzongkha with subtitles
GENRE: Drama
CLASSIFICATION: PG - Mild coarse language
RUN TIME: 111 mins
Enjoy a delightfully droll and satirical look at Bhutan as it approaches its first ever democratic election in 2006. A trial run with fictional parties is planned to introduce voters to the concept of democracy. But when a dedicated young monk is asked by his elderly lama to bring him two guns before voting begins, it seems trouble is in store.
CAST: Tandin Wangchuk, Tandin Phubz, Kelsang Choejay
COUNTRY: Hong Kong, Bhutan, USA, Taiwan, France
LANGUAGE: English, Dzongkha with subtitles
GENRE: Drama
CLASSIFICATION: PG - Mild coarse language
RUN TIME: 111 mins
Enjoy a delightfully droll and satirical look at Bhutan as it approaches its first ever democratic election in 2006. A trial run with fictional parties is planned to introduce voters to the concept of democracy. But when a dedicated young monk is asked by his elderly lama to bring him two guns before voting begins, it seems trouble is in store.