Pema, 19, is supposed to marry a girl from home, a Nepali Himalayan village at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Pema grew up in a Kathmandu orphanage as poverty and illness forced his parents to give most of their 6 children away. Today, the unusual family is scattered around the globe. It would be the only son's duty to tend to the family home in the mountains. But Pema wants to study abroad, and live a modern life.

가난한 가정 형편 때문에 동생들과 떨어져 사는 티벳 출신 19살 소년 페마는 몇 년 후에 네덜란드에서 사진을 배우고 싶어하지만 그의 부모는 페마가 동네 처녀와 결혼하기를 원한다.