Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom Review: Oscar Shortlisted Film Puts Bhutanese Culture Front And Center
Ugyen is a government-contracted teacher who doesn’t want to teach in Pawo Choyning Dorji’s debut Oscar-shortlisted film. Ugyen dreams of traveling to Australia to become a singer, but he has another year on his contract before quitting. He resides in large city in Bhutan, but when his supervisor notices he’s slacking at work, he’s transferred to a remote village called Lunana.
When Ugyen gets off the bus, he meets Michen , his guide to Lunana. With some donkeys and a six days walk ahead of them, they have to navigate through the mountains to get to the village. Ugyen texts on his cell phone on the trek, listens to his iPod and hates every minute of it. As the days pass and the walk continues, everything that connects him to the city loses power, and he can no longer ignore his environment.
The film does well showing the stark contrast between growing up among urban landscapes versus living several thousand feet above sea level in the mountains. Dorji and cinematographer Jigme Tenzing don’t deploy elaborate shooting techniques, but its simplicity makes the film charming and Earthy. The director captures the mystical landscape that even the film admits is global warming.
Ugyen’s emotional journey is well designed and executed through his arc. The audience can see every time the character experiences a change in personality or feeling. The story is brought to the foreground by actor Sherab Dorji and a cast of first-time actors from Lunana. Pen Zam and the children of the village light up the screen as their lust for life and learning is fun and infectious.
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