|
|
 |
- Direction: Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
- Screenplay: Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
- Cinematography: Asim Bose.
- Editing: Rabi Ranjan Maitra.
- Sound: Anup Mukhopaphyay.
- Sets: Ashok Bose.
- Music: Biswadeb Dasgupta.
- Cast: Jaya Seal, Tapas Pal, Shankar Chakraborty, R.I. Asad.
- Producer : Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
- Production: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Productions.
- 35 mm Colour 97'
|
|
Near an isolated rail crossing in rural Bengal, the two men entrusted with its operation, Balaram and Nimai, enjoy a close and loving friendship. They pass the time endlessly pursuing their passion for traditional wrestling. Nearby, a pastor and his adopted son, Matthew, perform works of charity for the destitute local Christians he has converted. The local people are poor but happy. Balaram is called away to his native village by his dying mother and is married off to a lovely and innocent girl names Uttara. When he brings her back with him, her presence drives a wedge between the two men and their wrestling turns more violent...
|
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
 |
Biography
One of the most eminent filmmakers in India today, he is also a renowned poet and novelist, whose works have been translated throughout the world.
FILMOGRAPHY (English titles)
1978 Distance
1979 Bitter Morsel
1982 Crossroads
1982 Seasons Memoir
1984 Blind Alley
1986 The Return
1989 The Tiger Man
1992 Their Story
1993 The Shelter of the Wings
1996 The Red Door
2000 The Wrestlers
|
| FILM TITLE |
SCREENING |
THEATER |
DATE |
| THE WRESTLERS |
Á' |
PAVLOS ZANNAS |
Thursday 16/11, 22:30 |
| THE WRESTLERS |
B' |
CINE PROVLITA 2 |
Friday 17/11, 13:00 |
| THE WRESTLERS |
C' |
CINE PROVLITA 2 |
Friday 17/11, 20:30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
