Kathmandu Lullaby | |||
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Director: | Icíar Bollaín | ||
Screenplay: | Icíar Bollaín | ||
Runtime: | 96 minutes | ||
Cinematography: | Antonio Riestra | ||
Editing: | Nacho Ruiz Capillas | ||
Music: | Pascal Gaigne | ||
Country: | Spain |
Kathmandu Lullaby[1] (Spanish; Castilian: '''Katmandú. Un espejo en el cielo'''|links=no;), is a 2012 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín. The film received four Gaudí Awards nominations (Verónica Echegui won for best lead actress) and two Goya Awards nominations.[2] [3] It is based on the book Una maestra en Katmandú by .[4]
The plot follows Laia, a teacher working in a school in Kathmandu. She marries a local man, Tshiring, so she can remain in Nepal once her visa expires.
The film is a Media Films and Levinver/Es.docu production, and it had the collaboration of TVC, TVE and Canal+.[5]
|-| align = "center" rowspan = "6" | 2013 || rowspan = "4" | 4th Gaudí Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film Not in the Catalan Language || || rowspan = "4" | [6] [7] |-| Best Actress|| Verónica Echegui || |-| Best Production Supervision || Carlos González de Jesús, Larry Levene, Anna Casinna || |-| Best Cinematography || Antonio Riestra || |-| rowspan = "2" | 26th Goya Awards || Best Original Screenplay || Icíar Bollaín || || rowspan = "2" | [8] |-| Best Actress || Verónica Echegui || |}