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Qissa: The Ghost is a Lonely Traveller
2013
Umber Singh, a Sikh who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. After having only daughters, Umber dreams of having a male son. When Kanwar is born, he manages to make his dream come...
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The Lunchbox
2013
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai`s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system - the Mumbai`s Dabbawallahs - connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
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Song of the Little Road
1955
The first film Satyajit Ray directed in 1955 tells the story of a poor Brahmin family living in an ancestral villa in Bengal. The father is a poet and a dreamer who keeps the family in abject poverty. The mother is the very image of a pragmatic woman struggling with difficulties in day-to-day life...
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The Goddess
1960
Kalikinkar Roy is a man of strong ideologicaal conviction and a great devotee of the Goddess Kali. He has two children. The oldest is called Tarapada, concerned only in not displeasing his father so that he will not be forgotten in the inheritance. The younger son, Umaprasad, whose wife Daya is...
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A Tale of a Naughty Girl
2002
Based on a short story by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, the central idea for which had been developed in some of the poems by director Dasgupta, the film tells the story of a girl, Lati, whose mother Rajani is a prostitute who lives and works in a brothel in the suburbs in a town in up-country...
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Their Story
1992
A disturbing, uncommon film, not only in content, but also in form. Kamal Mazumdar, author of the short story that gave rise to this drama, is one of the most original writers of contemporary literature in Bengali. Without trying to find precise equivalents for the fascinating enigma of Mazumdar,...
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The Nature of Existence
2009
This documentary seeks answers to the mysteries of the Universe: Why are we here, and what are we supposed to do about it? Where did the Universe come from, and was it a mistake? Does God exist, and why does he seem so interested in our sex lives? As he roams the globe to the source of each of the...
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The Little Republic
2002
The film is set in a small village in Rajasthan in India where the lowest castes and the women have few rights. This unfair social situation begins to change when four women start to demand better conditions of life. The village then becomes a microcosm of democracy, a parable for an ideal world....
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The Red Door
1996
A celebration of faith and innocence will define this drama in which film maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta takes a step forward in consolidating his philosophical position and his poetic vision of the art of making films. This is the study of a man: a well-known dentist, shaken by a crisis in faith and...
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A Ratoeira
1981
Drama indiano que discute os sentimentos humanos a partir de histórias envolvendo ratos e os moradores de uma casa velha. O personagem central é Unni, um homem que não consegue conviver tranquilamente com seu egocentrismo. Esquizofênico, ele é incapaz de lidar com as demandas de um mundo em...
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The Vision
2006
A Theeyatt artist caught between tradition and modernity. The film is built around the ritualistic art form Theeyatt, performed by right by the minuscule Unni community, exclusively in the Kali temples of south Kerala. It is also a solo performance in which Kali, the Goddess of Retribution, relates...
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Aideu - Behind the Screen
2007
The story of Aideu Sandique, an actress-heroine of the first feature film made in Assam, a province in the northeast part of India, is retold with actors and use of archive material. The colossal woman-personality sacrificed all the happiness of her life just to usher the succeeding generations of...
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Barbed Wire
2006
A long road for Sudha, an illegal immigrant who, in order to survive, passes from the hands of one man to another, constantly changing religions as a result. This is a personal battle with a false war for a backdrop. THe film casts light on two global issues: illegal immigration and terrorism.
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Bilal
2008
The story begins inside a small partitioned room in central Kolkata. Almost nothing is visible inside. In fact, Bilal’s parents don’t need any light to see things around; they are blind. Bilal is just three years old and he has an infant brother. Both can see. So together they live as if in a...
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Bioscope
2008
Diwakaran’s new journey starts with his acquisition of a bioscope from Frenchman Dupont who did Bioscope shows in Pondicheri. He returns home and starts conducting bioscope shows in his village. The villagers welcome the new images with innocence. Yet, some suspect that the bioscope has ghosts of...
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Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
2011
Bollywood, some say it`s the only culture that holds India together. Others say it`s the most corrupting influence on Indians and should be banished from their shores. It’s a love affair that has lasted over 70 years for almost two billion people worldwide. It keeps on growing, embracing its most...
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Chased by Dreams
2004
The dreams and journeys of three people lead the narrative outlining a portrait of modern India. Pzaresh is a projectionist who travels the dusty road up-country in a jeep, showing educational films in 16 mm. In the repetitive day-to-day activity, he feeds his own imagination with the image of a...
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Canção Da Terra
1997
Para obter maior alcance de irrigação, o governo decide construir uma represa, próxima a uma comunidade. Para isso, uma enorme área seria submersa, desalojando os habitantes. Um encarregado do governo é responsável pela remoção e reabilitação daquela gente, mas ele é também o...
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Chidambaram
1985
O filme procura mostrar que a verdadeira alegria no casamento só pode ser encontrada no humilde meio camponês. O sentido do adultério também é apresentado como absoluto, considerando-se que uma mulher simples, antes de se casar, jamais ousaria cumprimentar um homem. O roteiro focaliza ainda as...
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Clint
1994
Documentário biográfico sobre Clint, um menino prodígio com grande habilidade para o desenho que viveu apenas seis anos e onze meses. Nesse período (1976-1983), fez vinte e cinco mil desenhos e pinturas, conquistando vários prêmios. Com grande domínio da cor, o garoto pintava desde a...
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Twilight
1981
Quando perde o juízo, a protagonista dessa história se entrega à eterna observação do mar, que se funde com o céu. O crepúsculo, que dá título ao filme, é, na realidade, o momento em que o dia se une à noite, dissolvendo as fronteiras e diferenças.
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Children of the Pyre
2008
A compelling real-life, self-narrative of seven extraordinary children who make their living out of the dead at Manikarnika, the busiest cremation ground in India. Tempered by the heat of the pyre, strengthened in the face of adversities, crafted by the volley of abuses, watch these imps weave...
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Children of Mini Japan
1992
Sivakasi é uma pequena cidade de Tamilnadu, responsável pela produção de 70% dos pedidos da indústria de fósforos e 90% dos pedidos para as indústrias de fogos. Lá se imprimem também milhões de calendários e posters eleitorais que são usados em toda a Índia. Orgullhosos, os donos das...
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Delhi 6
2009
A young American boy, Roshan, of Indian origin, comes to India for the first time to drop his ailing grandmother. She wants to die in her own soil, and so prepares for death. In America, having led a very western lifestyle, he isn’t aware of the sights and smells, food and culture, religion and...