A young government official, named Dondup, who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of the country. He misses the one bus out of town to Thimphu, however, and is forced to hitchhike and walk along the Lateral Road to the west, accompanied by an apple seller, a Buddhist monk with his ornate, dragon-headed dramyin, a drunk, a widowed rice paper maker, and his beautiful daughter, Sonam.
| Directing | Khyentse Norbu | Director |
| Writing | Khyentse Norbu | Writer |
| Production | Raymond Steiner | Producer |
| Editing | Lisa-Anne Morris | Editor |
| Editing | Andrew McCormick | Editor |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Malcolm Watson | Producer |
| Camera | Alan Kozlowski | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John Scott | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Bahls | Costume Design |
| Art | Raymond Steiner | Production Design |
| Sound | Andrew Belletty | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jigme Drukpa | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Bahls | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bon Funk | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ugyen Wangchuk | Art Direction |
| Sound | Donam Dorji | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Dechen Dorjee | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Andrew Plain | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Nada Mikaš | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lidia Tamplenizza | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Simpson | Foley |
| Sound | Adrian Medhurst | Foley |
| Sound | Robert Sullivan | Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Tim Crosbie | VFX Supervisor |
