🎬 Documentary

The Only Son

2013 1h 18m Dir. Simonka de Jong

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Pema, 19, is supposed to marry a girl from home, a Nepali Himalayan village at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Pema grew up in a Kathmandu orphanage as poverty and illness forced his parents to give most of their 6 children away. Today, the unusual family is scattered around the globe. It would be the only son's duty to tend to the family home in the mountains. But Pema wants to study abroad, and live a modern life.

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Year

2013

Runtime

1h 18m

Genre

Documentary

Director

Simonka de Jong

Language

EN

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The Only Son has a runtime of 1h 18m (1 hour and 18 minutes).

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The Only Son was directed by Simonka de Jong and released in 2013.

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The Only Son is a Documentary film (2013).

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