Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Newcomer Kabita Napali takes the co-leading role opposite the U.K.’s Jamie Bacon in “Eklo I,” a film which claims to be Nepal’s first sci-fi movie.
Three months of production are now underway in the Himalayan country, which is previously best known for art-house titles and low-budget drama films.
In a post-apocalyptic 2090, some 60 years after humanity fled the Earth due to an epidemic, two astronauts crash-land in the Himalayan mountains while on a reconnaissance mission.
The astronauts uncover a hidden city of caves among the towering mountains and there encounter a mysterious guardian who holds secrets that challenge their understanding of survival and destiny.
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