The Black Hen (2015)
- Original title
- कालो पोथी
- Directed by
- Min Bahadur Bham
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Nepal, Germany, France, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two boys in a remote Nepalese village try to raise a black hen during the country's civil war in the early 2000s. Their simple goal is complicated by the conflict and the harsh realities around them.
slow-burnmelancholictensepoignantunderstatedchildlikegrittyatmospheric
What happens
Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen (Nepali: Kalo Pothi) is a 2015 drama film directed by Min Bahadur Bham and produced by Anna Katchko, Tsering Rhitar Sherpa, Min Bahadur Bham, Debaki Rai, Catherine Dussart and Anup Thapa. The story takes place in Mugu, a district in north-west Nepal in 2001 during the Nepalese civil war (1996–2006). It is the first Nepali film to be screened at the Venice Film Festival. It was selected as the Nepalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. It is also the highest grossing Nepali film in overseas and one of the highest-grossing films in Nepal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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