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.
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Travellers and Magicians
- Overview
- Cast
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- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 9, 2003
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Adventure, Drama
User Score
69%
Original Title
ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང
Production Companies
Prayer Flag Pictures, HanWay Films
Director
Khyentse Norbu
Description
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.
