When I was in Nepal in November, 1999, I had the great pleasure of attending an early screening of the finest movie I have ever seen and I strongly recommend "Himalaya" (Caravan) as something you might also enjoy seeing when it opens at a theater in your area. I waited expectantly for 18 months for it to come to Denver where I could see it again and it finally happened in May. Since then I have seen it 3 more times and it still gives me an emotional high each time. It's not quite like seeing it with 500 Nepali natives in Kathmandu where I was the only person who knew what was going on since no one else could read the English subtitles nor understand the Tibetan dialogue.
The French director, Eric Valli, made this incredible film( nominated for Academy Award as Best Foreign Film in 2000) in the Dolpo region of northwestern Nepal on the Tibetan border using native people instead of professional actors. It is a fictional account of how those people actually live there in extreme isolation and is documentary in the sense that it records a way of life which will gradually disappear as more modern influence comes to the area as it has in so much of Nepal. The filming is extraordinary, the scenery is spectacular, the action is lifelike, the characters are real and the mysterious music is intriguing. When you see it you may understand the huge task of making the film under very difficult conditions.
The French director, Eric Valli, made this incredible film( nominated for Academy Award as Best Foreign Film in 2000) in the Dolpo region of northwestern Nepal on the Tibetan border using native people instead of professional actors. It is a fictional account of how those people actually live there in extreme isolation and is documentary in the sense that it records a way of life which will gradually disappear as more modern influence comes to the area as it has in so much of Nepal. The filming is extraordinary, the scenery is spectacular, the action is lifelike, the characters are real and the mysterious music is intriguing. When you see it you may understand the huge task of making the film under very difficult conditions.