White Sun
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| सेतो सुर्य | |
| Directed by | Deepak Rauniyar |
| Produced by | Deepak Rauniyar Joslyn Barnes Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Michel Merkt |
| Written by | Deepak Rauniyar David Barker |
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Dayahang Rai Rabindra Singh Baniya |
| Music by | Vivek Maddala |
| Cinematography | Mark Ó'Fearghail |
| Edited by | David Barker |
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89 minutes |
| Country | Nepal/ USA/ Qatar/ Netherlands |
| Language | Nepali |
White Sun (Nepali: Seto Surya) is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar and starring Dayahang Rai. It world premiered in the Horizons section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was later screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Nepali entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village after nearly a decade away. Little Pooja is anxiously awaiting the man she thinks is her father, but she's confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumored to be his son. Chandra must face his brother Suraj, who was on the opposing side during the Nepali civil war. The two brothers cannot put aside political feelings while carrying their father's body down the steep mountain path to the river for cremation. Suraj storms off in a rage, leaving Chandra with no other men strong enough to help. Under pressure from the village elders, Chandra must seek help from outside the village to obey the rigid caste and discriminatory gender traditions he fought to eliminate during the war. Chandra searches for a solution in neighboring villages, among the police, guests at a local wedding, and rebel guerrillas...
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