Price of Letter (Yi Khel gi Kawa)

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Ugyen Wangdi
Bhutan, documentary, 2004
68 mins. (Beta)

Lingshi is a mountain village 4000 mts.(altitude) located in the Greater Himalayas of Bhutan. It takes four days trek into this wilderness. 49 year old Ugen Tenzin has been the postal runner for 26 years. The documentary follows his track in the winter when the route is snow bound and in mid summer when the monsoons lash out. Despite the odds, the risk involved, the tiring ascents and descents of high mountains and valleys, he will continue until retirement. He has seen and experienced both sides of life in the bustling city and his quiet village. Given the choice, its Lingshi, his home that