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White Sun

सेतो सूर्य

2016

When a man returns to his mountain village for his father's funeral, old wounds from Nepal's civil war reopen between him, his royalist brother, and the community, as a young girl hopes he may be her father. A sharply observed political drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Nepal

This film is stop 9 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Nepal. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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