In a Nepalese village, residents protect their homes from wild elephants every night. Pirati and her family are members of Kinnar, a religious community of transgender people, and they also join the night patrols. One night, after an argument with Pirati, her beloved daughter Apsara goes missing while out on patrol in the forest. Like the elephants in the fog, both revered and feared, Kinnar is believed to possess the power to bless and to curse. Delving deep into their lives, the film brings to light the dignity of people who wished to be nothing more than women and mothers - not sacred others nor a third gender - with the suspense of a thriller film. A densely woven script with real Kinnar activist Pushpa Thing Lama, whose unaffected acting comes together with mysterious images and sound in this debut feature by Abinash Bikram Shah, which became the first Nepalese film to win the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize. (CHOI Eun)