Nimtoh (2019)

Directed by

Saurav Rai

Genre

drama, family

Country

India

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his rural hometown in the Nepali-speaking hills of India. He reconnects with family and confronts the changes time has brought.

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What happens

Nimtoh, released internationally as Invitation, is a 2019 Indian Nepali-language drama film directed by debutante Saurav Rai and stars Pravesh Gurung. The film was part of the NFDC Film Bazaar Work In Progress Lab, 2018, where it won the Prasad DI and Moviebuff DCP Award. The film also got selected for the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum, Work In Progress Lab, where it won the HAF Goes to Cannes Award. Nimtoh had its international premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2020 in the Bright Future Main Programme Section. It won the Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting in the India Gold Section at the Jio MAMI International Film Festival, 2019. The film further travelled to NARA International Film Festival, 2020, Japan. Nimtoh was the closing film of the 33rd Images Festival, Toronto, Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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