In the Buddhist monastery high in the Himalayan foothills, the Abbot asked what "The World Cup" means. Geko, the monk in charge of discipline in the seminary where the Tibetan boys study to be monks, answered with a rather unexpected explanation: the World Cup is "two civilized nations fighting over a ball".

In The Cup, written and directed by Khyentse Norbu, a filmmaker from Bhutan, this dialog is part of a tricky probl