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White Sun

Seto Surya (White Sun)

2016

Deepak Rauniyar

Dayahang Rai, Asha Maya Magrati, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Sumi Malla, Amrit Pariyar

6.4

55

Drama Anti-regime partisan Chandra confronts physical, social and political obstacles for his father's funeral. His search for a solution takes him to neighboring mountain villages and encounters with the police and rebel guerrillas. A portrait of post-civil war Nepal during the fragile deadlocked peace process.

	Author	Review
United States	Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"An impressively accomplished second feature (...) A delicately-observed, multi-generational story (...) Skilfully manipulating romantic and social frictions (...) Performances are uniformly impressive"	POS
United States	Richard Kuipers Variety	"Skillfully blending intimate human drama with sharp political observations, Deepak Rauniyar’s outstanding second feature sends a powerful message about the need for tolerance"	POS
United States	Serena Donadoni Village Voice	"Adopting the philosophy of neorealism, Rauniyar reveals the overarching forces (religion, caste, patriarchy) that forge Nepali communities"	POS
United States	Kenji Fujishima Slant	"Rauniyar refuses to paint either side in simple-minded broad strokes (...) His balanced and humane social and political perspective is bracing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"[It shows] a lightness of touch and flashes of absurdist humour (...) The story unfolds at a pace which reflects the gentle, unhurried rhythms of life in the mountains."	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"The filmmaking isn’t flashy and the exchanges can be on the nose, but 'White Sun' (...) captures a place that isn’t seen much in movies."	NEU

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