Travellers and Magicians

Movies2003

Bored with life in his tiny village, Dondup, a Bhutanese official infatuated with American culture, dreams of visiting the United States. On the road to the capital, Thimphu, where he hopes to obtain a visa, Dondup befriends a mismatched group of travelers, including a monk who tells his new friends about Tashi, a fictional young man whose dissatisfaction leads to his undoing.

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Bored with life in his tiny village, Dondup, a Bhutanese official infatuated with American culture, dreams of visiting the United States. On the road to the capital, Thimphu, where he hopes to obtain a visa, Dondup befriends a mismatched group of travelers, including a monk who tells his new friends about Tashi, a fictional young man whose dissatisfaction leads to his undoing.