Travellers and Magicians
2003, Dzongkha. Directed by Khyentse Norbu.
The bitter and the sweet of temporary things.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Dzongkha
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Travellers and Magicians is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- Released
- 9 September 2003
- Original title
- ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང
- Country
- Bhutan, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Khyentse Norbu
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Travellers and Magicians runs 108 minutes (1h 48m).
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Travellers and Magicians is streaming on Criterion Channel in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Travellers and Magicians?
Travellers and Magicians (2003) was directed by Khyentse Norbu and stars Tshewang Dendup, Sonam Lhamo, Dasho Adab Sangye.