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White Sun or Seto Surya is a 2016 biographical war drama film directed by Deepak Rauniyar and co-written by Rauniyar, David Barker. It stars Dayahang Rai and Rabindra Singh Baniya in the lead roles alongside Asha Magrati, Sumi Malla, Amrit Pariyar, Deepak Chetri and Deshbhakta Khanal. The film is based on Nepalese Civil War's conflict between royalists and Maoists. 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
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at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.


Plot

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...


Cast

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as Kaaji * Dayahang Rai as Agni / Chandra *Asha Magrati as Durga * Rabindra Singh Baniya as Suraj *Sumi Malla as Pooja *Amrit Pariyar as Badri * Pramod Agrahari as Police officer *Deepak Chhetri as Priest *Deshbhakta Khanal as Uncle


Awards


See also

* List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Nepalese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


References


External links

* {{Nepal submission for Academy Awards 2016 films 2016 war drama films 2016 biographical drama films Qatari drama films American biographical drama films Films directed by Deepak Rauniyar Nepalese Civil War films Nepalese biographical films 2010s American films