Buddhist noir: In Buthan an undercover police officer, Kinley, investigates the disappearance of a Buddhist abbess, who is known as "the demon". The villagers are glad to see the "the demon" disappear, believing that she would have brought bad luck. In the course of his investigation, Kinley gets closer to a mysterious woman named "Choden" who quickly turns out to be a possible suspect. Kinley becomes more and more entangled in a whodunit that involves magic, superstition, and the natural resources of the land. "The result is a blend of tradition and modernity, religion and rational thought; an idiosyncratic, feminist interpretation of a genre - and not just because Bhutanese men wear skirts and knee-high socks." (Berlinale - Panorama)
Buddhist noir: In Buthan the undercover police officer Kinley investigates the disappearance of a Buddhist abbess, who is known as "the demon".
Buddhist noir: In Buthan an undercover police officer, Kinley, investigates the disappearance of a Buddhist abbess, who is known as "the demon".
The villagers are glad to see the "the demon" disappear, believing that she would have brought bad luck. In the course of his investigation, Kinley gets closer to a mysterious woman named "Choden" who quickly turns out to be a possible suspect.
Kinley becomes more and more entangled in a whodunit that involves magic, superstition, and the natural resources of the land.
"The result is a blend of tradition and modernity, religion and rational thought; an idiosyncratic, feminist interpretation of a genre - and not just because Bhutanese men wear skirts and knee-high socks." (Berlinale - Panorama)