KATHAA ‘72
(THE STORY OF ‘72)
“Shot on real locations through a series of ruined villages and jaw-dropping vistas, the film is a meditation on life, family, love and regret, written and directed by an exciting new voice in Prabin Syangbo. We hope this opens doors for future coproduction between Africa and Asia.”
’72 is the Nepali year 2072 BS, 2015 AD, the year in which a devastating earthquake shook the whole country into grief.
A distant young man learns the true meaning of ’home’ and learns to see the women in his life in a new light before leaving his earthquake-shattered country.
Distant and aloof, Palden lives with his mother in a makeshift cottage in Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk district, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic earthquake that destroyed their home. Finding no purpose in living in what he sees as a God-forsaken country, he plans to leave for the Middle East. First, though, he must visit his estranged sister, complete the funeral rites for his father and accompany his mother on a pilgrimage to Paanchpokhari, all the while reconnecting emotionally with Keshang, with whom he was once almost married.
His true journey will be one of inner discovery. As their unlikely group wind their way deeper into the mountains, he needs to realize that leaving his country was just trying to escape his own fears of mortality and that it is closure with his estranged family that may finally bring him peace with the world around him.
A Film By Prabin Syangbo
A Nepal - South Africa co-production
A Local Cinema Production, in association with Icefall Productions and Be Phat Motel Film Company
Produced By Aakash Poudel, Prabin Syangbo, Sushant Shrestha, RK Pokharel
Co-Produced By Sean Drummond, Michael Matthews, Stevan Buxt
WORLD PREMIERE: Seattle International Film Festival 2018
