Travellers and Magicians

Travellers and Magicians

108 mins | Drama, Adventure | Sept. 9, 2003

A young government official, named Dondup, who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of the country. He misses the one bus out of town to Thimphu, however, and is forced to hitchhike and walk along the Lateral Road to the west, accompanied by an apple seller, a Buddhist monk with his ornate, dragon-headed dramyin, a drunk, a widowed rice paper maker, and his beautiful daughter, Sonam.

Travellers and Magicians

108 mins | Drama, Adventure | Sept. 9, 2003

Travellers and Magicians
A young government official, named Dondup, who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of the country. He misses the one bus out of town to Thimphu, however, and is forced to hitchhike and walk along the Lateral Road to the west, accompanied by an apple seller, a Buddhist monk with his ornate, dragon-headed dramyin, a drunk, a widowed rice paper maker, and his beautiful daughter, Sonam.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers HanWay Films, Prayer Flag Pictures
Original title ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང
Directors Khyentse Norbu
Writers Khyentse Norbu

Cast

Tshewang Dendup

as Dondup

Sonam Lhamo

as Sonam

Dasho Adab Sangye

as Sonam's father

Ap Dochu

as Appleman

Sonam Kinga

as The Monk

Dechen Dorjee

as Drunk man

Lhakpa Dorji

as Tashi

Deki Yangzom

as Deki

Gomchen Penjore

as Agay

Namgay Dorjee

as Karma