Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters (2003)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.5/10   

Réalisateur:

Sabiha Sumar

Writers:

Sabiha Sumar (screenplay)
Paromita Vohra (writer)

Release Date:

25 février 2004 (France)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

1979. A village in Pakistan. A widow sees her 17 years old son being attracted to Islamist militants. It brings her past back...

Plot Keywords:

Village | Pakistan | Widow | Islam | Fundamentalism

Awards:

7 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Awakening a Sleeping Giant

Ensemble

Kiron Kher	...	Veero or Ayesha (as Kirron Kher)
Aamir Ali Malik	...	Saleem
Arsad Mahmud
Salman Shahid
Shilpa Shukla
Sarfaraz Ansari
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Tanveer Ahmad	...	Sikh Pilgrim 4
Zaheer Ahmed	...	Tea Boy
Quratul Ain	...	Shanno
Abid Ali	...	Choudhary
Safdar Ali	...	Sikh Pilgrim 5
Shazim Ashraf	...	Zubair
Ejaz Baig	...	Bhatti
Tasleem Bibi	...	Allabi
Madan Gopal Singh	...	Sikh Pilgrim 1
Anjum Habibi	...	Maulana
Yousuf Jimmi	...	Tabla Player
Navtej Singh Johar	...	Jaswant
Fahim Khan	...	Muslim Man (1947)
Mubbashir Ali Khan	...	Labourer
Suhair Fariha Khan	...	Young Veero
Nadia Malik	...	Hina
Saba Malik	...	Courtesan
Gurjot Singh Mann	...	Sikh Pilgrim 2
Taj Mohammad	...	Village Maulvi
Afaq Mushtaq	...	Asif
Master Mushtaq	...	Harmonium Player
Nisar Qadri	...	Haji Munnavar
Aslam Rana	...	Vendor
K.M. Rana	...	Sikh Priest
S.A. Rehman	...	Professor
Abdul Saboor	...	Maulvi on TV
Rehan Sheikh	...	Veero / Ayesh'a Husband
Shams Uddin	...	Teashop Owner
Barkat Ullah	...	Mubarak Bhai
Aftab Zubari	...	Show Host on TV
Z.A. Zulfi	...	Expert on TV

Autre(s) titre(s):

Silent Waters (Europe: English title) (International: English title)
Eau dormante (France)
Ewig fremd (Germany)
Le puits (France) (TV title)
Silent Water (International: English title)
Veeru (Pakistan: Urdu title) (working title)

Durée:

Switzerland:99 min | Switzerland:105 min (Locarno Film Festival)

Pays:

Pakistan | France | Germany

Langue:

Punjabi | Urdu

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby SR

Classification:

UK:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:12

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Pakistan

Company:

Vidhi Films

Soundtrack:

Alif Allah

Awakening a Sleeping Giant

'Silent Waters'is consciously designed to be an issue-based movie. The subject seemed to follow a certain pattern in which women took the center stage in the narrative. Though, there were parallel tracks as well, but it was a perception developed out of simple observation, and not because there was any particular ideology to propound.

The film is based on actual events that took place when the Indian sub-continent was partitioned in 1947 into two new states - India and Pakistan. It was a time of intense violence. In pre-partition Punjab, Muslims and Sikhs had lived side-by-side, but during the partition men from both sides of the religious divide slaughtered each other. Each looted the other's property, which included their respective women: little distinction was made between robbing cattle and abducting women. Muslim men abducted Sikh women while Sikh men abducted Muslim women. The women were raped, bought, sold and, sometimes, murdered; some ended up marrying their abductors.

This film has a definite Punjabi feel, set on the borders of Pakistan in 1979 - the year that president Zia Ul-Haq introduced Islamic laws into what was meant to be a secular country.

Silent Waters is chillingly humane drama that will stay with you for a long time.