Townsville Cinema Group Screening 12 June 2025 - The Monk and the Gun

Join us for the Townsville Cinema Group screening of The Monk and the Gun.

Welcome to the screening commences at 7 pm. Come early to secure your seat/s. Viewing treats are available to purchase from the BCC candy bar.

Director: Pawo Choying, 2023, Bhutan, 107mins, PG

This immensely enjoyable crowd pleaser is set in rural Bhutan around 2006, as the King abdicates to make way for the country’s new democracy. From the director of A Yak in the Classroom, this droll and shrewdly satirical dramedy is a fascinating portrait of the wonder and disruption caused when two very unlike systems of thought collide.

Set in the weeks before Bhutan’s first democratic election in 2006, a trial vote with fictional parties is planned to introduce voters to the concept of democracy. When a dedicated young monk is asked by his elderly lama to bring him two guns before voting begins, it seems trouble is in store. A cavalcade of characters and misadventures ensue, in a story that is as suspenseful as it is utterly charming.

If you are interested in seeing more of our upcoming films it might be worth exploring Townsville Cinema Group membership options. Visit our website for more information: https://townsvillecinemagroup.org.au/