DOLOM, 29, a passionate YouTube creator and newly appointed school teacher in Bhutan has a one-night stand with a married woman, DEKI, 32.
When she discovers that she’s pregnant, Dolom concocts a plan to cover up the affair and save his reputation. On his way to rendezvous with Deki, Dolom gets into a motorcycle accident and wakes up in a bizarre, and chaotic world. Slowly he begins to realize that he is in fact dead. With the help of a mysterious guide, Dolom navigates this in-between realm and faces his storied past and the consequences of his actions. As time collapses around him, he must choose to right his wrongs and let go of his attachment to his former self or be trapped to wander in a dream-like in-between state for timelessness.
Director’s Bio
Khyentse Norbu (born June 18, 1961) is a Buddhist Lama, writer and filmmaker from Bhutan. Known for his auteurship and guerrilla approach to filmmaking, Khyentse Norbu first emerged on the scene with his breakout film The Cup in 1999, about two football fanatic Tibetan monks in a remote Buddhist monastery who, against all odds, secures a TV to watch the 1998 World Cup final live. Since then, he has made five other films and with such director of photography as Mark Lee Ping Bin (In The Mood For Love) and Bradford Young (Solo: A Star War’s Story). Pig at the Crossing is Khyentse Norbu’s sixth and was shot entirely in Bhutan with a ragtag team of the youth of Bhutan.
Credits
Dzongsar Jamyang khyentse Rinpoche (Writer & Director), Druksel Dorji (Producer), Sonam Adhikari (Cinematography), Kuenzang Norbu (Cast), Prasanna B. Hambarde (Cast), Dorji Gyeltshen (Cast), Choden, Dendup Dema (Cast), Lhamo (Cast).
