Summaries

A teenage boy from a small Himalayan villages has to choose between his duty to tend to the family home, and his ambitions to study abroad.

Pema, 19, is supposed to marry a girl from home, a Nepali Himalayan village at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Pema grew up in a Kathmandu orphanage as poverty and illness forced his parents to give most of their 6 children away. Today, the unusual family is scattered around the globe. It would be the only son's duty to tend to the family home in the mountains. But Pema wants to study abroad, and live a modern life.—Anonymous

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Keywords
  • boy
  • marriage
  • arranged marriage
  • holland
  • nepal
Genres
  • Drama
  • Documentary
Release date Apr 10, 2013
Countries of origin Netherlands Belgium Nepal
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Kathmandu, Nepal
Production companies Off World IDTV Docs Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting

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Runtime 1h 18m
Color Color
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