Kathmandu Lullaby ( Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo )

Kathmandu Lullaby (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Icíar Bollaín

Written By:
Icíar Bollaín
Paul Laverty

Actors:
Verónica Echegui ..... Laia
Sumyata Bhattarai ..... Sharmila
Norbu Tsering Gurung ..... Tsering
Kalsang Tamang ..... Riga
Bikram Pariyar ..... Pemba
Muna Thami ..... Kushila
Sangita Tamang ..... Bimala
Aleix Rengel ..... Dani
Lluïsa Castell ..... Madre de Laia
Assun Planas ..... Monja
Montserrat Alcoverro ..... Partera
Ferran Lahoz ..... Padre de Laia
Andrea Bravo ..... Laia 9 años
Georgina Contreras ..... Inma 15 años
Passión Baltra ..... Inma 5 años

Synopsis:

Based on a true story andinspired by the novel by Victria Subirana, Kathmandu Lullabyisa boldinternational journey ofdiscovery- one woman's heartfeltstruggle to effect changeand enrich education amidst the abject poverty of the developing world. Laia (Vernica Echegui) isa young Catalanteacher in search of something deeper to define her life and colour her persona. Leaving behind a troubled past in Barcelona,she moves to the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu to work at a local school, surrounded by themajestic Himalayas.Caught in the middle ofextreme privation and a bleak educational landscape, Laia forges a friendship with teacher Sharmila (Saumyata Bhattarai) and embarkson an ambitious educational project in the Kathmandu slums. Butto fully commit herself to the task at hand, Laia must marrya Nepalesecitizento remain in the country.A marriage of convenience, Laia settles forquietly spokenlocal Tsering (Norbu Tsering Gurung)but is torn betweenan unconventionallove and hertirelesscommitment to the school children - establishing an innovativeteaching model and classroom dynamicwith the potentialto break down perceived barriers of caste and class for generations to come.

Laia, a young Catalan teacher, moves to Kathmandu in the early 90's, to volunteer in a local school. She will soon discover extreme poverty and a devastatingly bleak educational system that leaves out the most needy. She initially protests and later decides to get married out of convenience, so as to legalize her situation and take on an ambitious educational project in the slums of Kathmandu. She immediately realizes that she can't do it all by herself. She also discovers a beautiful gift she had never expected: to fall in love with the stranger she marries. She finds herself torn between her love life and her commitment to the children she helps. Laia and Sharmila, another young teacher who becomes her dearest friend, work side by side to launch a new project that will distance Laia from her partner beyond repair. It will, however, always unite her to Sharmila and small Kushila, in a personal journey into the depths of the Nepalese society and also to her most inner self.

A young Catalan teacher moves to Kathmandu in the early '90s to volunteer in a local school. She discovers extreme poverty and a devastatingly bleak educational system. She enters a marriage of convenience to gain residency in order to launch an ambitious educational project in the slums of Kathmandu, but immediately realises that she can't do it all by herself.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 11 November, 2013.

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