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Katmandu (1969) [N/A]

Featuring:
Pascale Audret, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg

Written by:
René Barjavel
André Cayatte
Mario Forni

Directed by:
André Cayatte


Release Date:
September 26, 1969

Original Title:
Les Chemins de Katmandou

Alternate Titles:
Dirty Dolls in Kathmandu
The Pleasure Pit
The Road to Katmandu
Ways of Katmandu

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Franco London Films
Les Films des deux mondes
Mondial Televisione Film

Production Countries:
France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

A LOVE STYLE that is HONEST and TRAGIC!

Overview from TheMovieDB

A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets Jane, a beautiful hippie girl hooked on drugs. He's forced to steal artefacts for his father's slimy employer to earn money to help Jane.

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Overview from Open Movies

Oliver is a rebellious socially-conscious young activist who despises overt materialism but dates a model. He tries to convince her to leave her materialistic, exploitative profession, but he can barely support himself, let alone someone else. That's when he decides to leave Paris where he lives with his mother to find his deadbeat dad who moved to Nepal some time ago and made good business as a professional hunter. Oliver wants to try to convince him to help him with his financial situation. Almost broke, Oliver manipulates his friend who works on a relief program in India to get the money to travel to Nepal. Once there, he's picked up by a band of hippies from Europe. One of them is Jane, a beautiful young carefree girl who practices free love. He falls for her immediately, but moves on, since he's not that anti-materialistic. When he finally finds his dad, he discovers that the man is actually almost broke and working for a sleazy businessman who deals in stolen artifacts. Oliver is forced to steal artifacts for him as well to support himself. On one mission he meets Jane again, now a total drug addict. His new mission becomes to save her, but she doesn't want to be saved. Meanwhile, his dad is openly having an affair with the sleazy businessman's wife, further complicating things for Oliver and everyone involved.

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Rankings and Honors

Katmandu (1969) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.6/10

Performers

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Production

Costume Design:
Jacqueline Guyot

Director:
André Cayatte

Director of Photography:
Andréas Winding

Editor:
Borys Lewin

Key Makeup Artist:
Jacqueline Pipard

Music:
Serge Gainsbourg

Novel:
René Barjavel

Orchestrator:
Jean-Claude Vannier

Production Design:
Robert Clavel

Sound:
René Longuet
Jean Nény

Writer:
André Cayatte

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