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| Sunday, November 10 - Patang
1:00pm doors/1:30 pm show
Chicago born-and-raised Indo-American filmmaker Prashant Bhargava’s film debut
is centered around Ahmedabad, Gujurat’s renowned annual kite-flying festival, the largest in India, where the competition to cut your rival’s kite out of the sky (often quite literally) is fierce. Successful Delhi business- man Jayesh returns to his family’s ancestral home in Ahmedabad for the festival after an absence of five years, bringing along his col- lege-age daughter Priya to show her some of the pleasures and pastimes of his youth. He also has plans for the home where his mother, widowed sister-in-law, and nephew still live, reopening family wounds from the circumstances surrounding his brother’s death, which was the occasion of his last visit home. Shot documentary/verité-style on the streets of Ahmedabad with a mix of professional and non-professional actors, this vividly photographed film will enchant you with its imagery while it provides another view on the age-old conflict between the generations. As the Georgia Straight’s John Lekich enthuses, it’s “a deeply moving examination of an Indian family struggling to find common ground while respecting its members’ different lifestyles.”
Patang / 2012 / USA, India / Hindi, Gujarati, and Eng lish with English subtitles / 95 min. / 35 mm / Director: Prashant Bhargava /
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mukkund Shukla, Seema Biswas / Print Source: First Pond Entertainment
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Day of show tickets available at the Box Office, opens before show
$10 General Admission
$7 OFS Members
$4 Kids (12 and under) |
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