Daughters Destiny
Original title Döttrars öde
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A Nepalese daughter is by tradition forced, at a very young age, into an arranged marriage. She becomes totally dependant on her husband. Her value as an independent human being is lost the moment she marries. No matter if she is rich, poor, well educated or illiterate, this is the destiny of all Nepalese women. A daughter has her greatest value the very moment her father brings her to the home of her soon-to-be husband. As she is handed over her value drops and she assumes the lowest status in her new family. Her duties from then on are to care for her parents-in law and to produce children. In this documentary we meet Nepalese women of different generations, reflecting on the destiny of Nepalese women and arranged marriages.
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Author/s May Gauffin
May Gauffin (62)has been working as a TV-journalist for the Swedish broadcasting during the 60-s and the 70-s. This is howewer her first production as an independent film-maker and it is also the first documentary, that she has been filming and editing all by herself. May is an an ethnologist and she has been engaged for missions in development projects in different parts of the world for many years. She is personally engaged in several projects supporting children’s as they are going to be married off to some other family as soom as posible. This means the parents will not be able to profit from a daughter’s education. May has also been working as a teacher for the trade union in Sweden, in French speaking Africa and in Vietnam.
Research Anita Khadka Karki
Photography May Gauffin
Sound May Gauffin, Maria Cederquist
Editing May Gauffin