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.
Production | Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
Editing | John Scott | Editor |
Sound | Andrew Plain | Sound Editor |
Sound | Adrian Medhurst | Foley |
Directing | Khyentse Norbu | Director |
Writing | Khyentse Norbu | Writer |
Art | Raymond Steiner | Production Design |
Production | Raymond Steiner | Producer |
Sound | John Simpson | Foley |
Camera | Alan Kozlowski | Director of Photography |
Visual Effects | Tim Crosbie | VFX Supervisor |
Sound | Robert Sullivan | Sound Mixer |
Sound | Andrew Belletty | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Nada Mikaš | Sound Editor |
Sound | Lidia Tamplenizza | Sound Editor |
Sound | Jigme Drukpa | Original Music Composer |
Production | Malcolm Watson | Producer |
Editing | Lisa-Anne Morris | Editor |
Editing | Andrew McCormick | Editor |
Sound | Dechen Dorjee | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Donam Dorji | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Bon Funk | Original Music Composer |
Art | Ugyen Wangchuk | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Bahls | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Bahls | Makeup Artist |