World Cinema Watched by Me in 27th KIFF
27th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) was held from 26th April to 1st May, 2022.
It features the list of films I could watch at 27th KIFF from the 30 films maximum I could have watched in the 6 days.
I watched the Iranian film 19 directed by Manijeh Hekmat and rare Indian language film Nada Peda Asha directed by Prakash Kariappa not available here.
It features the list of films I could watch at 27th KIFF from the 30 films maximum I could have watched in the 6 days.
I watched the Iranian film 19 directed by Manijeh Hekmat and rare Indian language film Nada Peda Asha directed by Prakash Kariappa not available here.
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- DirectorJulia DucournauStarsVincent LindonAgathe RousselleGarance MarillierFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
- DirectorShabnam FerdousiStarsDilu BoyatiHelim BoyatiParambrata ChattopadhyayThe film chronicles the journey of a rock star. Not only is he crazy about heavy rock music, but he also believes in a lifestyle of a rock star, somewhat wasteful and the rock-star takes up an assignment to host a television show and during the course of which a series of events ultimately transforms his life.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsTilda SwintonAgnes BrekkeDaniel Giménez CachoA woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzMilena SmitIsrael ElejaldeThe story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.
- DirectorHaolin SongStarsYunlai XinXiangkun FengXiaoqian LiFive high students join the swim team by accident and find themselves in a situation where they have to complete a synchronized swimming performance.
- DirectorSimon HolyStarsAlena DolákováBorek JouraEliska SoukupováMarie is frustrated with her broken long-term relationship, career in dance and life in general.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsYû AoiIssei TakahashiMasahiro HigashideA Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsAna de la RegueraManuel Garcia-RulfoDamián AlcázarA musical in which the folkloric tradition of the music and dance of Mexico is taken up. Recovering the connection that existed between Spain and Mexico, with new and modern versions.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAnna KarinaGraziella GalvaniPierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
- DirectorGhassan SalhabStarsAli SulimanYumna MarwanA man and a woman are in a restaurant situated in the Lebanese mountains. Suddenly, fighter planes appear and in the distance, war seems to be breaking once more. Having lost the woman, the man looks for her, finding her on the other side of the mountain. Together, they sink deeper into nature, which becomes increasingly spectral, just like the slender thread that ties them together.
- DirectorTatiana HuezoStarsGuillermo VillegasMayra BatallaTeresa SánchezLife in a town at war seen through the eyes of three young girls on the path to adolescence.
- DirectorTara RamanujanStarsKani KusrutiTanmay DhananiaSantha JagannathanIn one of the bustling cities of Kerala, a migrant idol-maker from Bengal, desperately needing help with his uncle's cremation, and a tough Tamil midwife, who moonlights as a funeral priest, forge a fragile bond that is threatened when she is accused of a heinous crime.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsDavid MurgiaSlimane DaziKaroline Rose SunIn the mystical French region of Camargue, Tom Medina turns up, on probation, on the doorstep of big-hearted Ulysses. Tom dreams of becoming a good person. But he's thwarted by the hostility flung in his general direction, which shows no sign of abating.
- DirectorJakrawal NilthamrongStarsNopachai ChaiyanamSorabodee ChangsiriPaopoom ChiwarakOne level a deeply felt story of a woman, and on another, that of a country's tragic past and its exploited people.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsAmir JadidiMohsen TanabandehSahar GoldoostRahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsAdam DriverMarion CotillardSimon HelbergA stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsKonkona Sen SharmaArjun RampalTanmay DhananiaNaina, a criminal psychology professor, is sexually assaulted in a slum she visits to help the daughter of a school custodian embroiled in a case of domestic violence and infanticide. Upon surviving the attack that leaves her colleague dead, Naina fights social prejudices and testifies, which leads to the rapist-murderer's death sentence. Later, Naina discovers her pregnancy and tries to cope with her trauma in her own way. Veteran Indian director Aparna Sen poses powerful questions about gender, class, and institutional contradictions in India through a dilemma faced by a couple who oppose the death penalty. The shots of past memories and hallucinations that abruptly intrude on reality powerfully visualize the trauma that Naina experiences. The director's daughter and actress Konkona Sen presents a delicate portrayal of Naina, and Arjun Rampal appears as her husband.
- DirectorIshaan GhoseStarsBitan BiswasShombhunath DeSayandeep GuhaWhen Bokul realizes that most of his friends are leaving him behind in the rubble of discards, he decides to change his life