Cast
Sherab Dorji
Ugyen Dorji
Ugyen Norbu Lhendup
Michen
Keldon Lhamo Gurung
Saldon
Pem Zam
Pem Zam
Chimi Dem
Pema
Kunzang Wangdi
Asha Gup Jinpa
Tshering Dorji
Singye
Sangay Lham
Kencho
Oriana Chen
Extra
Dophu
Phurba
Art Finch
Sydney Bartender
Dorji Om
Education Secretary
Tandin Sonam
Tashi
Sonam Tashi
Tandin
Kunzang Wangdi
Asha Jinpa - The Village Headm...
Tshering Zangmo
Secretary Personal Assistant
Tsheri Zom
Ugyen's Grandmother
Details
Status
Released
Original language
dz
Countries
BT, CN
Reviews
Oh so simple, yet oh so sweet.
'Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom' is pretty wholesome, in short. There isn't anything revolutionary about the plot, there aren't any major events across the 100 or so minutes but that doesn't hamper the film at all. It's a breezy watch from beginning to end, with some good acting alongside some lovely visuals of Bhutan. Recommended!
Sherab Dorji is "Ugyen". He is a teacher, approaching the final year of his training, who has rather set his heart of going to Australia to sing in bars. With one term left, his boss decides to sent him to Lunana. This is quite possibly the most remote school in the world, being located some six days trek from the nearest road, and around 13,000 ft up into the Bhutanese Himalayan mountains. "Ugyen" is none too chuffed with this placement, and when he arrives at his drafty ...
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