Himalaya (1999)
Himalaya, l'enfance d'un chef
fiction · 108 min · Nepal
Directed by: Éric Valli
Set in: Dolpo, northwestern Nepal
An aging village chief in remote Dolpo refuses to hand leadership of the yak salt caravan to a younger rival.
Nominee, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (72nd Academy Awards)
Where it was filmed
- Dolpo
Nepal
shot over nine months in a region reachable only on foot; the film follows a salt caravan in Dolpo
Filming locations as stated in the sources below. The story may be set somewhere else.
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