Pooja, Sir

When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Inspector Pooja, who insists on being called Sir, is assigned the case. Teaming up with a local policewoman, they are both quickly confronted with local corruption and systemic misogyny. It all happens just as a resistance movement led by an ethnic minority group opposed to the central government is growing, the plot intertwining the two themes of sexism and racial discrimination. Shown at the 2024 Venice Festival, Pooje Sir allows us to discover an unexpected and unknown Nepal, torn between modernity and the most acute conservatism.