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Alpine Tour Service

Director: Lucian Muntean & Natasa Stankovic / Serbia
Audio: Nepalese
Subtitles: Japanese
52 min.
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This is a story of a 17-year-old boy named Hari Rai, who lives in a small village
in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal, and his extraordinary journey. Hari is a
student who also works as a porter in order to pay his university fees and living
expenses at Management University in Pokhara. Although very young, he
already has three years of experience carrying loads up and down mountains,
mostly tourists' backpacks.

On this particular journey, he is hired to carry a huge red Coca-Cola refrigerator
from the top of the mountain to the nearest town. We follow Hari Rai on his four-
day journey through the fascinating Himalayan landscapes. We discover Hari’s
inner life, his thoughts, hopes and dreams, his relationships to his family and
his village, and we also get to know the culture and the daily routines of the
people in this region. We learn about their relation with the most important
aspects of their lives: family, nature and religion.

Out of 60,000 child porters in Nepal, Hari is one of the few lucky ones to have
a chance of going to school. We can see what it takes him to get his education.
As time passes, it becomes apparent that this is a young man struggling
between two worlds; rejecting and questioning some aspects of his own culture
while simultaneously working within it.

Throughout this trek, we are given glimpses of western tourists as seen through
the eyes of porters and local residents of the Himalayan Mountains. From vistas
dominated by 8000 meter peaks to lush riverside hot springs; from sacred
Buddhist temple complexes to thatched hut villages, we see the contrast
between this red brand-name fridge and the breathtaking virginal landscapes of
Nepal. The shifting scenery of this journey takes us from the personal to the
general: from the empty arid mountains to the bustling crowds of urban life.

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

(ENVIRONMENT)
* Meltdown
* Leave Nothing but Footprints
* Turf Wars
* Timber to Tibet
(ADVENTURE)
* Riding Solo To The Top Of The
World
* A Higher Calling
* Into the Thunder Dragon
* Farther than the Eye Can See
* Trio for One
* Fatal Game
(POLITICS / HUMAN RIGHTS)
* Thin ice
* Chulo, Choli ra Banduk - a stove,
a blouse and a gun
* Better to Have Been Killed
* The Forbidden Team
* Jashn-e-azadhi (How We
Celebrate Freedom)
* Siachen: A war for Ice
* Tibetan Refugees: A Struggle
Beyond Generations
(POVERTY & DEVELOPMENT)
* Journey of a Red Fridge
* Hami kunako maanche –
We corner people
* A Bridge over the Himalayas
* Yi khel gi kawa
(The Price of a Letter)
* Tingvong: a Lepcha village in
Sikkim
(CULTURE)
* Angry Monk
* Miss Tibet
* Closer than Tibet
* Bhedako Oon Jasto...in search
of a song...

* A man called nomad
* Call it Karma
* Daughters of Wisdom
* Bhutan - Taking the Middle Path
to Happiness