Peyangki is a dreamy and solitary eight-year-old monk living in Laya, a Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas. Soon the world will come to him: the village is about to be connected to electricity, and the first television will flicker on before Peyangki's eyes.
Peyangki
as Himself
Kinley Om
as Himself, Peyangki's uncle
Ap Kinley Dorji
as
Aum Thinley Dolma
as
Sangay Thinley
as
Rinchen
as
Leki
as
Pyago
as
Choki
as Herself, Peyangki's sister
Chencho Thinley
as
Namgay Dorji
as
Jigme Singye Wangchuk
as Himself, King of Bhutan 1972-2006 (archive footage)
