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Review: LUNANA: A Yak in the classroom

Why Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom a must win Oscar movie?   

The story is about dreams, passion, education, hardship, culture and the rapidly changing scenario of a small kingdom wedged between two Asian giants. The movie opens up to tell the story of a young school teacher, who dreams of going to Australia to pursue his singing career. However, he was sent to the world's remotest school for a year where he starts to become more thoughtful, subdued and slowly begins to realize life beyond Capital. 

 

1.    The lead actor by name Ugyen Dorji looks so natural and spontaneous, appealing and lively with his role. He has a natural flow of acting and to me he looks like a born actor. Probably an actor without any makeup face has impressed me a lot. 

 

2.     The lead actress by name Saldon was extra special –natural flair and unique charisma. 

 

3.    Supporting roles by name Michen and Singye put up their part so well and matured, natural and spontaneous. They are the ones who hooked me so much in the story. The supporting role should be like how they did in Lunana. 

 

4.    Pem Zam and her friends have utterly stunned the scene with their childhood innocence. At such a young age without any exposure beyond their village, they proved their elegance and innately talented acting characters in the movie. They all are the real heroes and charmers! 

 

5.    Asha Jinpa has given everything with his power and space. We get the sense that the role of a community leader is much beyond and powerful. This should be the sense of duty to TSA-WA-SUM. I can relate to someone's quote –"It takes a village to raise a child" is never far from the truth. 

 

6.    Angles and frames are technically great. DoP (Director of Photography) must have a good vision of the movie. These two qualities gave the film extra beauty and specialty. The other technical aspects such as direction, location, time (season), movie time (length), setting and lighting were well taken care. The movie was packaged and rendered professionally and technically well. 

 

By my rough guess, this movie should win the Oscar. 

A must win for me! 

 

 

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2022 at 10:05 PM

    Yes this movie is natural and organic which I liked. The movie has so much to be related to every Bhutaness life. This little Pem Zam is won my heart and that Seday an innocent silent lover 😆. Your review is complete.Thanks for sharing!

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