- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
En los primeros años 90, Laia, una joven maestra catalana, se traslada a Katmandú a trabajar en una escuela local.Pronto descubrirá una pobreza extrema y un panorama educativo desolador que además deja fuera a los más necesitados.Tras contraer, a su pesar, un matrimonio de conveniencia para legalizar su situación, Laia se embarca en un ambicioso proyecto educativo en los barrios de chabolas de Katmandú.En seguida se enfrenta a la evidencia de que no puede hacerlo sola. Pero también se encuentra con un hermoso regalo que no esperaba: enamorarse del desconocido con el que se ha casado.Dividida entre su relación amorosa y su compromiso con los niños a los que ayuda, y siempre de la mano de su amiga y joven maestra Sharmila, Laia emprende un nuevo proyecto que la alejará irremediablemente de su compañero, pero que la unirá parasiemprecon Sharmila y con la pequeña Kushila, en un viaje personal a lo más profundo de la sociedad nepalí y también, al fondo de sí misma.
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 partnerbeyondrepair. 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.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Verónica Echegui | Laia |
Cast | Sumyata Battarai | Sharmila |
Cast | Norbu Tsering Gurung | |
Cast | Kalsang Tamang | |
Cast | Bikram Pariyar | |
Cast | Muna Thami | |
Cast | Sangita Tamang |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Production | Luis De Val | |
Production | Larry Levene | |
Directed by | Bollain, Iciar | |
Executive Production | Luis De Val | |
Executive Production | Larry Levene | |
Executive Production | Miguel Antonio Pérez | |
Executive Production | Julio Piedra | |
Head Line Production | Pedro Figuero | |
Line Production | Larry Levene | |
Line Production | Anna Cassina | |
Line Production | Carlos González De Jesús | |
Screenplay | Paul Laverty | |
Screenplay | Iciar Bollain | |
Cinematography | Antonio Riestra A.E.C. | |
Score | Pascal Gaigne | |
Film Editing | Nacho Ruiz Capillas | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Laia Colet | |
Costume | Sonia Grande | |
Sound Mixer | Eva Valiño | |
Sound Design | Pelayo Gutiérrez | |
Re-recording mixer | Nacho Royo-Villanova | |
Assistant Director | Guillermo Escribano | |
Casting | Eva Leira | |
Casting | Yolanda Serrano | |
Casting | Sahra Walker | |
Casting | Marian Del Moral | |
Make-up | Karmele Soler | |
Hairdressing | Sergio Pérez | |
Visual Effects | Evasión Digital |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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GENERAL AUDIENCES AND ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY | 104 min. | 12/2/2011 |
Video Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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GENERAL AUDIENCES AND ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY | 104 min. seg. | 8/2/2012 |
- PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant | Amount |
---|---|
Grants - Amortisation of Feature Films - General | 1,296,959.21 € |
Grants - Reducing interest - Production | 108,000.00 € |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2011 |
Production year | 2011 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | 35 mm. |
Running time | 104 minutos |
Aspect ratio | Panorámico 1:1,85 |
Camera model | Arri Alexa, con ópticas Cooke S4, angenieux Optimo y Arri |
Laboratories | Fotofilm Deluxe |
- Film Info
Tag | Information |
---|---|
Star-up shooting date | 4/10/2011 |
Ending shooting date | 6/28/2011 |
Locations | Nepal - KATMANDU-MUSTANG (Days: 53) |
Locations | Spain - Barcelona - . (Days: 10) |
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- Festivals and Awards
Awards | Section | Person / Company |
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Iv Semana De Cine De Melilla 2012 | Premio del Público a la mejor película | |
Premios Gaudí 2012 | Mejor actriz (Verónica Echegui) |
Participation in Festivals | Section |
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Festival De Cine Del Sahara Fisahara | |
Festival De San Sebastián 2012 | Made in Spain |
Festival Español De Cine De Beijing | |
Ii Festival De Cine Mujeres En Dirección | |
Iksv Film Istanbul Turkey | |
Iv Semana De Cine De Melilla 2012 | |
Shanghai International Film Festival Siff China | Official Selection |