Living Goddess

Living Goddess follows the lives of three girls worshipped as living deities in Nepal. With unprecedented access, the film begins as an elegy to a private world of ritual, devotion and childish mischief. But their extraordinary lives collide with the modern world. Their story turns epic as an ancient prophecy unfolds. An out-of-touch King wrests power for himself as a Maoist-led civil war rages. Defying the King, ordinary people take to the streets demanding freedom. Caught in a whirlwind struggle for power, the story unfolds through the eyes of the childgods a worldview shaped by omens and portents.