在这部灿烂阳光剧情片中,内战连绵多年之后，一名尼泊尔共产党员终于收拾行囊，带著路上巧遇的孤儿返回偏远家乡，好为甫逝世的父亲奔丧。他的亲兄弟在内战中投入了敌对阵营，水火不容的两人只好约定暂时休战；妻子则生下了其他男人的女儿，小女孩却以为他才是自己的亲生父亲。在抬着遗体下山火葬的这趟险峻路程中，隐忍已久的对立衝突终于全面爆发。
导演将延烧十年的尼泊尔内战巧妙纳入一场葬礼之中，在这座偏远山村裡，男尊女卑与种姓制度仍然根深柢固；来自外界的男主角儘管曾为现代普世价值而战，但为了替亡父完成葬礼，却不得不屈从于信奉古老习俗的村中耆老。现代与传统、宗教与世俗，甚至家庭与亲情、战争与和平，终将在这一面飘扬著白日的尼泊尔国旗之下疗伤癒合。
When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village after nearly a decade away. Little Pooja is anxiously awaiting the man she thinks is her father, but she's confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumored to be his son. Chandra must face his brother Suraj, who was on the opposing side during the Nepali civil war. The two brothers cannot put aside political feelings while carrying their father's body down the steep mountain path to the river for cremation. Suraj storms off in a rage, leaving Chandra with no other men strong enough to help. Under pressure from the village elders, Chandra must seek help from outside the village to obey the rigid caste and discriminatory gender traditions he fought to eliminate during the war. Chandra searches for a solution in neighboring villages, among the police, guests at a local wedding, and rebel guerrillas...
管窥尼泊尔。云里雾里，不明就里。
