Meurtre au palais royal de Katmandou Série-Collection : Après la une

Richard Vargas
2002 - 52 min - Beta numérique - Couleur - France

Today, the road to Kathmandu leads to war and a country in ruins that lost its soul when it lost its king a year ago. When, last June, the crown prince Dipendra assassinated his father in the secrecy of the royal palace, he laid waste one of the oldest monarchies in Asia. More serious still, he tarnished the symbol that held together this country of 23 million, divided by dozens of languages, casts and ethnic groups. The new king, brother of the murdered monarch, Gyanendra, has found it difficult to establish his authority over a population that still has doubts about the version of the massacre put out by the palace of a drunken, drugged, gunloving prince who suddenly exploded when his mother opposed his marriage. The Maoist guerrilla movement that existed in the West for the past six years has prospered within a year's time; this group of fanatical militants is now at the gates of Kathmandu.
They have extended their zones of influence all over the country Nepal has only two resources: tourism and international aid. The hordes of visitors put off by the covert violence have dried up and the projects of development have ground to a halt due to the insecurity in the Nepalese mountains and countryside.