Oh so simple, yet oh so sweet.

'Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom' is pretty wholesome, in short. There isn't anything revolutionary about the plot, there aren't any major events across the 100 or so minutes but that doesn't hamper the film at all. It's a breezy watch from beginning to end, with some good acting alongside some lovely visuals of Bhutan. Recommended!

Sherab Dorji is "Ugyen". He is a teacher, approaching the final year of his training, who has rather set his heart of going to Australia to sing in bars. With one term left, his boss decides to sent him to Lunana. This is quite possibly the most remote school in the world, being located some six days trek from the nearest road, and around 13,000 ft up into the Bhutanese Himalayan mountains. "Ugyen" is none too chuffed with this placement, and when he arrives at his drafty and simple school he longs for the home comforts of his girlfriend and of Thimpu. He is warmly welcomed by the locals, but w... read the rest.