Review of White Sun (2016) by Samsher Chhatra R — 01 Sep 2018

Beautiful cinematography, and screenplay. Congrats to the production team, this will go down in Nepalese movies among the best.

This review of White Sun (2016) was written by Samsher Chhatra R on 01 Sep 2018.

White Sun has generally received positive reviews.

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