Director Pawo Choyning Dorji, already nominated for an Oscar for best international film, talks about his country in The Monk and the Gun, an ironic and brilliant comedy that captures the wonder and upheaval of the moment in which Bhutan becomes one of the youngest democracies in the world.

Known worldwide for its stunning beauty and emphasis on Gross National Happiness, the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan was the last nation to connect to the Internet and television. And if that wasn't enough, shortly thereafter the king announced that he would relinquish his power to the people through the vote and a new form of government: democracy.

The trailer opens with the announcement of his intention to abdicate, followed by the country's first democratic elections. A radical innovation which, as such, scares citizens. So much so that, to teach them how to vote, the authorities send officials from village to village and organize a mock election. With an ironic but at the same time respectful look, this comedy stages this moment of expectations and confusion, in which an elderly Lama, in the village of Ura, gets a rifle to organize a strange ceremony on election day.