The Road to Katmandu

– A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets Jane..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1969
Original Name:
Les chemins de Katmandou
The Road to Katmandu (1969) - Also known as Les chemins de Katmandou

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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Release Date:

26 Sep 1969

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

André Cayatte

Writer:

René Barjavel (novel), André Cayatte

Main Actors:

Pascale Audret, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Elsa Martinelli

Plot:

Oliver is a rebellious socially-conscious young man and activist who despises overt materialism, but dates a model. He tries to convince her to leave her materialistic and exploitative profession, but he can barely support himself, let alone her as well. 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 his father is in fact almost broke and working for a sleazy businessman who deals with 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 which complicates things even more for Oliver and everyone involved.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.0/10