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kobvindex_ZLB15712253
Format:
1 DVD-Video (ca. 113 Min.)
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NTSC
Series Statement:
Cinemas of India : collector's edition ; [DVD-Video]
Content:
On a foggy winter morning, a Dalit family in a village in Punjab wakes up to the news of the demolition of a house of one of their community members on the outskirts of the village. Father, a silent sympathiser, joins his community in demand for justice for the affected family. The same day, his son Melu, a cycle-rickshaw puller in the city, is participating in a strike by his union. Injured and alienated, Melu spends the day quietly resting and later joins his friends as they tease him over his state of affairs. Hesitantly, he drinks with them in the night as they debate the meaning of their existence. Cycling through the city streets, Melu feels lost and wonders where to go and what to do. Back in the village, his mother feels humiliated at the treatment meted out by the landlords in whose fields she works. Gunshots are heard in the night and the village is tense. It's the night of the lunar eclipse. A man wanders asking for the traditional alms while Father decides to visit the city with a friend, even as his daughter Dayalo walks through the village streets in the night. (Covertext)
Content:
Abu Dhabi Film Festival - Special Jury Award Black Pearl Trophy 2011 National Award 2011 - Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Punjabi Film Venice International Film festival 2012 - Screening at Orrizonti Section Busan International Film Festival - 2011, South Korea International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012, Netherlands South Asian International Film Festival 2011, New York, USA Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2011, Hong Kong London Film Festival 2011, UK Pune International Film Festival 2012, Pune
Note:
Ländercode: 0
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Orig.: India, 2011
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Engl. Untertitel
Language:
Panjabi
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