Title: The Next Guardian
Directors: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
Year: 2017
Country: Bhutan
Language: Dzongkha
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism
Theme: clash between tradition and individual aspirations
Synopsis:
Thirteen-year-old Tashi has only one wish: to stand out—either as a football player or as the future guardian of his family’s monastery in Bhutan. In this context, the dreams of two generations collide within the microcosm of an ancient Buddhist monastery, when Gyembo, an ordinary teenager, is chosen by his father to become the next guardian of the family monastery.
