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A teacher, her pupils and life's greatest lesson of all - Kathmandu Lullaby
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Title: Kathmandu Lullaby

Release Date: 7 Dec 2011

Runtime: 1h 44m

Genre: Romance, Drama

Director: Afrodita Audiovisual, A.I.E., Canal+ España, Es.Docu, The Kraken Films, Media Films, TV3, TVE, ICEC

Production Companies: Afrodita Audiovisual, A.I.E., Canal+ España, Es.Docu, The Kraken Films, Media Films, TV3, TVE, ICEC

Overview: Kathmandu, Nepal, early 1990s. Laia, a young teacher from Catalonia, Spain, works at a local school in the slums of the city where poverty reigns. Her personal path, besieged by a harsh sum of indescribable social conditions, will be a struggle against a nefarious educational system, but a journey of self-discovery as well.

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Average Vote: 5.942 (26 votes)

Cast

  • Laia: Verónica Echegui
  • Sharmila: Saumyata Bhattarai
  • Tsering: Norbu Tsering Gurung
  • Partera: Montserrat Alcoverro
  • Madre de Laia: Lluïsa Castell
  • Padre de Laia: Ferran Lahoz
  • Dani: Aleix Rengel
  • Riga: Jampa Kalsang Tamang
  • Pemba: Bikram Pariyar
  • Kushila: Muna Thami
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