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The Next Guardian

This is our adventure.

7.7(6)20181h 15m1

Brother and sister Gyembo and Tashi are normal teenagers. They love soccer and their phones. In their Himalayan village, their father oversees a Buddhist temple that has been in the family for generations. He hopes his son will one day take over his duties. He would prefer that Gyembo leave his modern English-language school in favor of a monk school. In this thoughtful and tender portrait of a Bhutanese family, the generation gap is as large as their love for one another. Celibacy doesn't offer an enticing future to an adolescent boy, which Gyembo's father understands. Nonetheless, he still tries to convince his son that being a monk offers many advantages. Meanwhile, Tashi feels more like a boy than a girl, and dreams of a life as a pro soccer player. She wants to attend a soccer camp that would be the first step in being selected for the national team. Unfortunately, though happiness is high on the political agenda in Bhutan, not all wishes come true.

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Status
Released
Budget
$146K
Box office
$120K
Language
Dzongkha

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Bhutan, Hungary, Netherlands

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Availability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTrue/False Film Festival1 Mar 2018
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTTUNetflix30 Apr 2022
  • HungaryHU

    • TheatricalKN23 Aug 2018
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG18 Aug 2018
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT1622 Nov 2017

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The Next Guardian was released on 23 August 2018.

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