By the foot of the Himalayas in Nepal, in an area
called Mustang, there exists a very peculiar marriage tradition. In this remote
area, parents traditionally decide who their children are going to marry. However,
a loophole exists in which a boy can kidnap a girl and keep her captive at a neutral
family’s home for three days whilst he attempts to convince her that she should
marry him instead. If she says no, he has to let her go, but if she agrees, her
family cannot oppose her decision, and have to accept their new son-in-law into
the family.
Norwegian
director Carl-Magnus spent many of his childhood years in Nepal, and is looking
to crowdfund a comedy based on this unusual tradition. The movie will feature
an awkward Norwegian engineer who falls in love with a beautiful Nepalese girl
and seems to really hit it off with her. When her family attempt to marry her
off to a man in her village, the engineer embarks upon a quest to kidnap her
and get her to marry him instead.
The production will give jobs and
money to the Nepalese people, as it will be filmed on location there. Nepal is
an impoverished country, and is in a particularly bad state after the recent
earthquake. This project hopes to inject some money into the economy. If it
achieves its funding target, it will also be the first ever successfully
crowdfunded movie to come out of Norway. It will be a monumental occasion for
the nation’s independent filmmakers. You can check the Kickstarter out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129393145/gal-i-nepal
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