The Monk and the Gun

Very funny indeed. It has some thoughts about democracy, and some thoughts about American democracy.

It's a charming movie and it wears its ethnography lightly.

The Monk and the Gun delivers a gentle caress of a message that’s quietly delivered, but holds power in this volatile American election year.

Who’ll get the gun? The rest of the plot is best left unspoiled, but you can be sure Dorji finds a way to tie his threads together in a way both comic and biting, both entertaining and provocative.

Modestly scaled, lightly comic and blithely ingratiating...

In a place whose greatest aim is its population’s happiness, Dorji’s "The Monk and the Gun" contemplates whether complete modernization of his country is worth the price of this very happiness.

Many of the parallel storylines create suspense over the question of just how damaging one or another change will be for the community. The scriptwriter deftly gathers these threads together...

Visually enticing.

excels as a reflection of change and the way manufactured ideologies prop up systems of governance.

Genius - a compelling, exciting story, the opportunity to experience life in a far distant country with a vastly different culture than our own, and the mischief fate concocts, and its keen sense of wonder and humour.