In Search of the Riyal

2009

1h 26m

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Overview

Nepal has rapidly become a pipeline of cheap labour for the Gulf in the last two decades. Migration has emptied Nepal’s villages of its young men, its farm fields tended by the elderly and women or left fallow. This film is about young men who set out to escape their family woes and grinding poverty, albeit at a high cost, to earn wages of US$5 to 7 a day in the alien and stultifying conditions of the Qatari desert. Theirs is often a true test of resilience and luck. The film shows a glimpse of gritty migrant conditions, rarely permitted to be filmed by the Gulf states, with its well-known sensitivity to outside criticism of its labour policies and practices. The stories of disillusionment and, occasional, transformation, capture the essence of the Nepali migrant experience, and the enormity of his journey.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries

Nepal

Spoken Languages

Nepali

Quick Facts

Release Date	October 11, 2009
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt1519643
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Cast

Key Crew

Kesang Tseten

Director

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