Film "The Monk and the Gun"

As part of the International Day of Peace on September 21st, the Vercors Peace Committee is organizing a film screening in collaboration with the Vassieux film club. The film: The Monk and the Rifle.

2006. Bhutan embraces modernization and discovers the internet, television... and democracy. To teach its people how to vote, the government organizes mock elections. But in the land of Gross National Happiness, where religion and the King matter more than politics, the inhabitants seem unmotivated. However, in a remote mountain province, a monk decides to hold a mysterious ceremony on election day and tasks one of his disciples with finding a rifle...