Expat Cinema: The Monk and the Gun (+ English subtitles)

Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has finally come. Bhutan will become the last country in the world connected to the internet and television, and the biggest change of all: democracy. Uplifting satirical comedy set around Bhutan’s first democratic elections. An American travels to Bhutan looking for a treasure.

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To teach people to vote, the authorities organize mock elections, but the local population does not seem convinced. Traveling to rural Bhutan, where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for Election Day.