In a Nepalese village ravaged by civil war, two boys from different castes become close friends while bonding over raising an egg-laying hen, but find their plans derailed and their lives upended as they become caught in a clash between fighting forces.
Winner of the Best Film in the Critics’ Week at Venice, this is an evocative first film about harsh lives unraveling in a devastated land, with a deft combination of humour and tragedy.