White Sun
Director: Deepak Rauniyar Starring: Dayahang Rai, Asha Maya Magrati, Rabindra Singh Baniya Run time: 89 mins | Recommended Certificate: 12A Language: Nepali with English Subtitles | Year: 2016 | Country: Nepal, Qatar, US, Netherlands
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Laced with humour, this powerful drama sees an anti-regime partisan confront physical, social and political obstacles for his father’s funeral. His search for a solution takes him to neighbouring mountain villages where he encounters the police and rebel guerrillas. This searing portrait of post-civil war Nepal has been lauded the world over, winning awards at the Venice, Palm Springs and Singapore film festivals.
Director
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Deepak Rauniyar
Deepak Rauniyar’s feature film debut, Highway, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama, 2012), and was the first Nepali film ever to screen at a major international festival. Highway provoked a tumultuous response in Nepal with its realistic characters and their taboo-shrouded issues. The film opened the New York MoMA’s 2013 ContemporAsian series and received a run to enthusiastic crowds. White Sun is Deepak’s second feature.