Film Archives - November 2009
FILMS BASED ON CHARLES DICKENS' NOVELS
Collab: Enlighten Film Society, Mumbai |
| Date |
Time |
Film |
| 9th Mon |
7:00pm |
Oliver Twist (2005/130mins) Dir. Roman Polanski.
An orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to a den of thieves in search of a true home. |
| 11th Wed |
7:00pm |
Great Expectations (1946/118mins) Dir. David Lean.
Pip, a good-natured, gullible, humble, young orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor about whom he finds out only after years in idle wealth. |
| 13th Fri |
7:00pm |
A Tale Of Two Cities (1935/128mins) Dir. Jack Conway.
A story based on the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris |
| 23rd Mon |
7:00pm |
A Christmas Carol (1938/69mins) Dir. Edwin.L. Marin.
Ebenezer Scrooge scoffs at Victorian London's Yuletide spirit, threatening both his immortal soul and the Cratchits' Christmas. Till he is eventually visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. |
| OTHER FILMS |
| Date |
Time |
Film |
| 4th Wed |
6:30pm |
FILM CLUB DISCUSSION Group meets to discuss C.I.D. (Hindi/1956/146mins) Dir. Raj Khosla. Prod. Guru Dutt
Cast. Dev Anand, Shakila, Waheeda Rehman.
C.I.D. Inspector Shekhar assigned to interrogate a case of murder, ends up becoming a suspect himself in the case. Film-maker Arti Jain will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion. |
| 9th Mon |
7:00pm |
DOC FILM | Best of CHINH INDIA KIDS FESTIVAL 2009 A selection of films from around the world on children followed by a SAARC retrospective |
| 12th Thu |
6:30pm |
DOC FILM | Public Service Broadcasting Trust continues with its series of monthly screenings Making The Face Dirs. Suvendu Chatterjee & Joshy Joseph |
| 13th Fri |
7:00pm |
Award winning films from Pre School, Early Education and Animation category of CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL 2009 presented by children jury & a special session with SAARC children jury. |
| 15th Sun |
6:30pm |
DOC FILM|IACO'S TALE – Beyond Arunachal Pradesh (English/66mins) Dir. Gaia Ceriana
The film explores the journey of a young woman Iacobella from Tawang to Shillong, her meeting with local boys Tenzin and Tashi and the course that their friendship takes. |
| 16th Mon |
7:00pm |
Last Lear (English/2007/130mins) Dir. Rituparno Ghosh.
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah & Jisshu Sengupta.
An aging Shakespearean actor takes on one of the bard's most challenging roles. Based on Utpal Dutt's play Aajker Shahjahan Film Courtesy: Planman Motion Pictures |
| 28th Sat |
7:00pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING| Desierto Adentro (Desert Inside) (Mexican/2009/110mins) Dir. Rodrigo Plá.
A drama set against the backdrop of Mexico's Cristero War, the film tells the story of Aureliano, son of Elias, who is predestined, the same as his brothers, to die prematurely as a result of a divine punishment for a sin committed by his father. To gain God's forgiveness, the entire family starts to build a church in the middle of the desert where they are forced to live, apart from the civilization. Collab: Embassy of Mexico |
| 29th Sun |
6:30pm |
DOC FILM|Divinity of Life A film on the early Buddhist stupas at Bharhut and Sanchi by Benoy K. Behl. Prod. Doordarshan |
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