Travellers and Magicians

Aroview: A puckishly effective road movie from the Himilayan kingdom of Bhutan, this follows a young villager who gets the opportunity to travel forth from his traditional mountain world and experience the delights of America.

But upon missing his first bus connection he falls in with a group of travellers, including a Buddhist monk who weaves a spooky tale of deluded innocence to his captive audience. Fable-like, shot through with brilliant imagery and a beguiling tone of knowing optimism, the dir. of THE CUP again finds an audience-friendly vehicle to access the profounder issues of the modern world.