Himalaya (1999)

Original title

Himalaya - L'Enfance d'un chef

Directed by

Éric Valli

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

12+

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a power struggle between an old village chief and a young rival in a remote Himalayan community. It shows their traditional customs and the harsh beauty of the landscape.

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What happens

Himalaya: Caravan (French: Himalaya: L'Enfance d'un chef) is a 1999 Nepali film directed by Éric Valli and was funded by corporations based in France. It was the first Nepalese film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 72nd Academy Awards. The film is a narrative on both the traditions and the impermanent nature of human struggle to retain and express power in the face of the gods. "The gods' triumph" is the call that echoes at the end of the film and expresses the balancing of karmic destinies. The extreme environment of the Himalayas is magnificently contrasted to the delicacy of humanity and the beauty of Tibetan culture. The film depicts not only the life style of the upper Dolpo people of the mid western uphills of Nepal but also their traditional customs, for example celestial burial. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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