| Punam |
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| Directed By:
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Lucian Muntean & Nataša Stankovic
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| Produced In:
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Serbia, 2005
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| Running Time:
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28 minutes
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| Genre:
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Documentary
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| Language:
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In Nepali and Tamang with English subtitles
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| Themes:
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Nepal, Children's Rights, Labor
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Synopsis:
Beautifully and sensitively produced, Punam tells the story of nine-year-old Punam Tamang, who lives in Bhaktapur in Nepal. Punam lost her mother when she was five years old and since that time she has been the family caretaker, providing for her younger brother Krishna (now seven) and her younger sister Rabina (now five). The Tamang children see little of their father because he works double shifts in a rice factory, in order to earn enough money for their school fees. He goes to work at 4 o'clock in the morning and comes back home at 8 o'clock in the evening. We also meet Punam's neighborhood friends, whose families do not make enough money to afford the school fee. Instead of studying, these children work each day with their parents at the local brick factories and stone quarries.
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