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Kathmandu Lullaby (2011)

Kathmandu Lullaby (2011)

Drama Romance

A teacher, her pupils and life's greatest lesson of all

Release Date: 2011, December 7
Directors: Icíar Bollaín
Countries: Spain
Production: Afrodita Audiovisual, A.I.E., Canal+ España, Es.Docu, The Kraken Films, Media Films, TV3, TVE, ICEC
Cast: Ferran Lahoz, Jampa Kalsang Tamang, Verónica Echegui, Montserrat Alcoverro, Andrea Bravo, Saumyata Bhattarai, Norbu Tsering Gurung, Bikram Pariyar, Muna Thami, Sangita Tamang, Aleix Rengel, Lluïsa Castell

Overview:

Kathmandu, Nepal, early 1990s. Laia, a young teacher from Catalonia, Spain, works at a local school in the slums of the city where poverty reigns. Her personal path, besieged by a harsh sum of indescribable social conditions, will be a struggle against a nefarious educational system, but a journey of self-discovery as well.

Keywords:

based on true story woman director poverty 1990s based on real person teacher nepal education female teacher marriage of convenience kathmandu