The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Peyangki is a dreamy and solitary eight-year-old monk living in Laya, a Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas. Soon the world will come to him: the village is about to be connected to electricity, and the first television will flicker on before Peyangki's eyes.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas BalmèsWriter
- Thomas BalmèsDirector
Cast
- PeyangkiHimself
- Kinley OmHimself, Peyangki's uncle
- Ap Kinley DorjiCast
- Aum Thinley DolmaCast
- Sangay ThinleyCast
- RinchenCast
- LekiCast
- PyagoCast
- ChokiHerself, Peyangki's sister
- Chencho ThinleyCast
- Namgay DorjiCast
- Jigme Singye WangchukHimself, King of Bhutan 1972-2006 (archive footage)
Themes
buddhist monkbhutan