My friend and I went to the Friends of Film Friday at the Doris Duke theater tonight to see the first in a Bhutan film festival, DRUK GE GOEM (THE GUEST), Director: Kinley Dorji. Bhutan, 2006, 103 mins. The director's wife wrote the screenplay and starred, and other relatives took parts--saves on costs!
"While on a trekking tour in Bhutan, Michael, a New Yorker, is separated from his group and injured in a [foggy!] forest. While the tour company, the army, and locals search for him, a yak herder girl named Tshomo—who has never met a foreigner before—comes to the rescue. Their attempt to communicate with each other is amusing yet poignant. The two fall in love, but when the authorities and Tshomo's angry uncle discover Michael, he must return to New York. Months later, Tshomo's uncle wants her to marry a young man from their village and the auspicious date is fixed—but will Michael return?"
There was a speaker, Tsewang Nidup, who is giving guided tours of "the Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Art of Bhutan" exhibition at the museum, who told us so mnay fascinating things about the development of film (since 2000) in Bhutan.
It was very good--the foreign actor being the worst among them, the Bhutanese were naturals! A wonderful experience!
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It's great to see that Druk Ge Goem is getting some international play. It's no big deal, but in case you wanted to know, Michael, the guy who played Michael, in Druk Ge Goem, wasn't an actor at all, but a shipbuilder by training. All of the westerners in the film (myself included) were expat workers or volunteers who were recruited for the job because we were in the right place at the right time- tons of fun, but no experience required!
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