The wait is over!! Highly applauded documentary film, Dhorpatan(ढोरपाटन)-No Winter Holidays is being screened at Malmitalo.

Trailer of the documentary film:

Synopsis
“Set amidst the high altitude of the Nepalese Himalayas, No Winter Holidays records life for Ratima and Kalima as they work to look after their village during a harsh and unforgiving season. Both in their seventies, they gradually come to accept each other’s presence, aware that surviving in this climate depends on their relying on each other. They were once married to the same man, but past grudges should be forgotten to work together to look after an empty, snowbound village for the whole winter.”

In other words, it is a poetic and intimate portrait of two lifelong rivals, who are forced to share an empty village during the dead of winter.

What would you do if your entire village abandoned you for a whole, freezing winter, with no companionship save for the presence of the other wife to your dead husband? Set amidst the high altitude of the Nepalese Himalayas, No Winter Holidays records life for Ratima and Kalima as they work to look after their village during a harsh and unforgiving season. Both in their seventies, they gradually come to accept each other’s presence, aware that surviving in this climate depends on their relying on each other. Stunningly shot, capturing the full magnificence of the mountain landscape while never losing focus on its subjects, Rajan Kathet and Sunir Pandey’s film is a fascinating portrait of rivalry, loneliness, old age and womanhood.

Directors: Rajan Kathet, Sunir PandeySALPA FILMS, 129 FILM COMPANY, MIRROR & STORY, STRANGER FILMS SALES PRESENT
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH NOCUT FILM COLLECTIVE
Read the directors statement here.

FEATURING: RATIMA BISHWAKARMA, KALIMA BISHWAKARMA
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF DMZ DOCS INDUSTRY, HONG KONG – ASIA FILM FINANCING FORUM
CO-PRODUCERS: CRISTINA HANEȘ, ISABELLA RINALDI
PRODUCED BY: GARY BYUNG-SEOK KAM, RAJAN KATHET, SUNIR PANDEY
A CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN NEPAL, SOUTH KOREA, ROMANIA

Tickets Available at Lippu.fi. Ticket link is here:
https://www.lippu.fi/artist/malmitalo/mama-events-dhorpatan-no-winter-holidays-3616377/

Dhorpatan-No Winter Holidays is brought to you by Mama Events Oy  in association with Ravintola Koseli, Tikkurila.