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KATMANDÚ, UN ESPEJO EN EL CIELO

  
BOLLAIN, ICIAR

  • 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
Cast Verónica Echegui Laia
Cast Sumyata Battarai Sharmila
Cast Norbu Tsering Gurung
Cast Kalsang Tamang
Cast Bikram Pariyar
Cast Muna Thami
Cast Sangita Tamang
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  • CREW
Performance Name Notes
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
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  • FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
he current rating will be the one with the most current resolution date
Film Rating Duration Certification
GENERAL AUDIENCES AND ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY 104 min. 12/2/2011
Video Rating Runtime Certification
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
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)
  • FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Barcelona 08003 Barcelona Spain
Barcelona 08006 Barcelona Spain
Barcelona 08007 Barcelona Spain
Madrid 28002 Madrid Spain
  • DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES & INFO
icono Distribucíon Nacional
Madrid 28008 Madrid Spain
icono Distribucíon Nacional
Paris 75004 France
  • Festivals and Awards
Awards Section Person / Company
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
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

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