White Sun
Nepal / 2016 /89 minutes / DRAMA / Nepali with English subtitles
SYNOPSIS
White Sun trots through the scars that remain from the civil war with dramatic tension and surprising moments of absurdist comedy, all the while churning the wheels towards reconciliation through the eyes of the young and innocent. -SIFF When his father dies, former anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village after nearly a decade away. Little Pooja is anxiously awaiting to see the man she thinks is her father for the first time. But she’s confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumored to be his son. She tries to calm her mother Durga, the old man's caretaker, after she is excluded from preparing the body for funeral rites because tradition does not allow women to participate. Chandra‘s arrival is more awkward than he expected and he must face his brother Suraj, who was on the opposing side during the civil war. He must seek help from outside the village to obey the rigid caste and discriminatory gender traditions he fought to eliminate during the war. VARIETY REVIEW - Nepali helmer Deepak Rauniya's outstanding second feature is a powerful drama about people and a nation at the crossroads... http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/white-sun-review-1201924028/ TIFF - In White Sun, director Deepak Rauniyar explores the various perspectives of the village's inhabitants, finding in their lives a quiet poetry that speaks of collective memory and pain. http://www.tiff.net/films/white-sun/ BBC - The Nepalese film that holds a mirror to post war society http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38249328 |
WATCH THE TRAILER
SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd
REGAL ARBOR - AUSTIN, TX 11:00 am - 1:00 pm The Robe, a short film, right before White Sun.
If you have purchased tickets for White Sun, it will include screening of The Robe. 
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DEEPAK RAUNIYAR (WRITER-DIRECTOR)
Deepak Rauniyar’s feature film debut, HIGHWAY, premiered at the Berlin Inter- national Film Festival (Panorama, 2012), and was the first Nepali film ever to screen at a major international festival. HIGHWAY provoked a tumultuous re- sponse in Nepal with its realistic characters and their taboo-shrouded issues. The film opened the New York MoMA’s 2013 ContemporAsian series and received a run to enthusiastic crowds. WHITE SUN is Deepak’s second feature. JOSLYN BARNES (PRODUCER, LOUVERTURE FILMS) Joslyn Barnes is a writer and producer. Among the films she has been involved with producing since co-founding Louverture Films together with actor Danny Glover and partners Susan Rockefeller and Bertha Foundation are: the feature documentaries TROUBLE THE WATER, THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN, CONCERNING VIOLENCE, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, SHADOW WORLD by Johan Grimonprez, and the forthcoming STRONG ISLAND by Yance Ford, ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT by James Longley, and AQUARE- LA by Victor Kossakovsky; the narrative features BAMAKO, THE TIME THAT RE- MAINS, UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES, HIGHWAY, THE NARROW FRAME OF MIDNIGHT, CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR, WHITE SUN by Deepak Rauniyar and the forthcoming ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel. |
CAST
Dayahang Rai Agni / Chandra Asha Maya Magrati Durga Rabindra Singh Baniya Suraj Sumi Malla Pooja Amrit Pariyar Badri CREW
Director: Deepak Rauniyar Music composed by: Vivek Maddala Producers: Deepak Rauniyar Joslyn Barnes Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Michel Merkt Screenplay: Deepak Rauniyar, David Barker AWARDS/FESTIVALS
New Directors New Films, New York 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival 2017 (New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize) International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017 Busan International Film Festival 2016 Toronto International Film Festival 2016 Venice Film Festival 2016 (INTERFILM AWARDS) Valladolid International Film Festival 2016 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2016 Dubai International Film Festival 2016 Singapole International Film Festival 2016 (SILVER SCREEN AWARDS) |
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