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Teenagers
Family
Poverty
Freedom
School
Courage
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Butterfly on the Windowpane (2020)

Section: Panorama

Director: Sujit Bidari, Nepal, 2020, 96 min.

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Fri | 10.09 | 13:30 | Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3

Bidya (13), a gifted student and aspiring poet, lives in a rural village of Nepal with her younger brother, Basanta (9), and her single mother. She dreams of going to the city school in order to leave the conservative society she lives in, but when she fails to secure the first position in the school term, she loses her scholarship. Learning that his sister is giving up on her dreams, Basanta struggles to give Bidya the hope she desperately needs.

Category : Teenagers , Family , Poverty , Freedom , School , Courage ,

CountryNepal
Production Year2020
Runtime96 min.
Age limit12
LanguageNepali
SubtitlesEnglish, Czech
Directed by Sujit Bidari
Story Sujit Bidari
Screenplay Sujit Bidari
Director of Photography Amar Maharjan
Music PushpaSangam
Edited by Kiran Shrestha
Contact Icefall Productions
Cast Kanchan Chimariya, Dinesh Khatri, Siru Bista
Sujit Bidari A screenwriter, director, and producer from Nepal. His graduation film from screenwriting and directing was the short film Savitri (2013), which took him to international film festivals. His feature debut film was the drama Butterfly on the Windowpane (Ainaa Jhyal Ko Putali, 2020). He teaches at Oscar International College.