Travellers and Magicians

The bitter and the sweet of temporary things.

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.

Cast

Tshewang Dendup

Dondup

Sonam Lhamo

Sonam

Dasho Adab Sangye

Sonam's father

Ap Dochu

Appleman

Sonam Kinga

The Monk

Dechen Dorjee

Drunk man

Lhakpa Dorji

Tashi

Deki Yangzom

Deki

Gomchen Penjore

Agay

Namgay Dorjee

Karma

Tshering Dorji

Postmaster

Jigme Drukpa

Phuntsho