Kathmandu, Nepal, early 1990s. Laia, a young teacher from Catalonia, Spain, works at a local school in the slums of the city where poverty reigns. Her personal path, besieged by a harsh sum of indescribable social conditions, will be a struggle against a nefarious educational system, but a journey of self-discovery as well.
Verónica EcheguiLaia
Saumyata BhattaraiSharmilaNorbu Tsering GurungTseringJampa Kalsang TamangRigaBikram PariyarPembaMuna ThamiKushilaSangita TamangBimalaAleix RengelDani
Lluïsa CastellMadre de Laia
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