ZHIGRANA is a Nepali feature film awarded with BEST FILM AWARD in 72th Venice International Film Festival Critic’s Week, Italy and a co production of Nepal, Germany, Switzerland and France.
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SUMMARY
Christine Summers has been working in an NGO in Nepal for the past four years. Her boss assigns her to do a last mission in Ruku to collect information of the life outside of the cities, before she leaves for the United States. Leaving for the mission with her crew and her guide; they take shelter in a small village called Zhigrana; an area known for a killer on the loose who sacrifices humans in the name of Kaal Panchami, a mythical ghost. When they start to turn against each other regarding a death of a friend and with no one to trust: it is now up to Christine to figure out who the killer is. Is it the ghost of Kaal Panchami or is the truth even stranger than that?
Cast
Hanna G, Nikun Shrestha, Menuka Pradhan, Jyoti Karki, Shanti Giri, Arun Regmi, Deewakar Piya, Bina Pandey.
Written and Directed by Pasang Lama
Producers: Pasang Lama, Santosh Shahi, Neev Pradhan
Costume: Rakshya Shahi
Editor: Nimesh Shrestha
Cinematographer: Shailendra D. Karki
Music Composer: Iman Shah
Singers: Sanyog Shahi, Pasang Lama, Nischal Gurung, Hanna Gwedcheski