'Talakjung vs Tulke' is the film selected by Nepal to fight for the nomination for the Hollywood Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The movie, directed by Nischal basnetThis is the seventh work that the Asian country sends to the Oscar preselection, formerly known as the best foreign film.
In 1999, Nepal was presented for the first time for the Oscar for best film in a foreign language with Eric Valli's film 'Caravan', which ended up winning what until now is the only nomination in the country.
'Talakjung vs Tulke' counts the story of Tulke, a day laborer who lives and works in a village in Nepal. He struggles to regain his lost aristocratic identity, while the life of the town is interrupted by a violent revolution.