Summary
Young Pooja lives with her mother in a village in Nepal. Though saddened by the death of her grandfather, she is secretly thrilled at the prospect of meeting the man she hopes may be her father - Chandra, a former Maoist guerrilla who is returning home after a decade-long civil conflict.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+13)
Critics 91Audiences 78GoodWatch 83
Tomatometer100%
Metascore81
Audience score89%
User score7.8
IMDb7.2
Letterboxd · 800 ratings3.6/5
Running time
1 h 27 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −22 min on the typical 109
typical 10987Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
2016
December 9, 2016
10 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Nepali
Original language
Made in
Nepal- Netherlands
- United States
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Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 4 moreDirecting · 1
- Deepak Rauniyar Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- David Barker Writer, Editor
Production · 9
- Danny Glover Executive Producer
- Susan Rockefeller Executive Producer
- Jaime Mateus-Tique Executive Producer
- Mita Hosali Executive Producer
- Joslyn Barnes Producer
- Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Producer
Camera · 1
- Mark Ellam Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Vivek Maddala Music
Art · 2
- Menuka Rai Production Design
- Aki Thekpa Production Design
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