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FILMS IN JANUARY, 2005
  
     
  FESTIVAL OF FRENCH CINEMA
DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION
COURTESY: EMBASSY OF FRANCE		  
     
  2nd January
 
    
  7.00 PM
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 Laissez Passer ( Safe Conduct, 2002, 170mins. Col. )  
     
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
March 3, 1942, The Continental, a German film company, produces French films. Now it resembles the trap in which the country is ensnared. Can people work there as if nothing has happened.
 
         
  3rd January      
  7.00 PM
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 Les Enfants Du Paradis ( Children of Paradise, 1945, 182mins. B/W)  
     
Director: Marcel Carne
The story of Baptiste, the mime, and his love for the beautiful Garance, Around them revolve legendary characters from all social classes. Aristocracy mingles with the underworld and artistes.
 
         
  4th January      
  7.00 PM
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 Goupi Mains Rouges ( It Happened At The Inn, 1942, 110mins. B/W)  
     
Director: Jacques becker
A story of four generations of the Goupi family. One evening the grand old man of the family is found dead. Only he knows where the family treasure is hidden. Whodunnit?
 
         
  5th January      
  7.00 PM
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 Remorques ( Stormy Waters, 1940, 85 mins. B/W)  
     
Director: Jean Gremillon
In Brittany, the captain of a tugboat divides his life between his work and his love for his wife. During a rescue operation, he meets a mysterious woman with whom he leaves...
 
         
 
OTHERS FILMS
         
  9th January      
  6.30 PM
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 FILM CLUB DISCUSSION. Film Scholar Ranjani Mazumdar will introduce and facilitate the discussion. Details of the film to be announced.  
         
  10th January      
  7.00 PM
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 Interaction with Sashi Kumar followed by screening of his film "KAYA TARAN" (2004, 107 mins, Hindi) Cast: Seema Biswas, Angad Bedi. Collab: PSBT Shifting through past and present, the tale follows the lives of Preet, a Delhi reporter working on a story on religious conversions, and the head nun of a Meerut convent. (Please collect reservation slips from programme desk available from 5th Jan onwards).  
         
  11th January      
  7.00 PM
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 Malayalam film "KAZCHA" (Vision) 2004, 100 mins, English subtitles Dir. Blessy, Cast: Mammooty. Madhavan, the local 'film show' man accidentally meets a young boy whose language he does not understand. Madhavan wants to adopt him, but bureaucracy intervenes. Courtesy: FFSI  
         
  19th January      
  7.00 PM
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 Interaction with Mr. Dilip sircar of New Theatre followed by screening of K.L. Saigal's "MY SISTER" Collab: Kundan Art & Cultural Society.  
         
  20th January      
  7.00 PM
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 Bengali film "HEMANTAR PAKHI" (2002, 120 mins, English subtitles) Dir: Urmi Chakraborty. Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee. Collab: Calcutta Presidency College Alumni Assn. Winner of the Best Bengali Feature Film Award, 2003. Story of Aditi Majumdar, an educated middle-aged housewife bored with her existence takes to writing. However, her family does not respond well.  
         
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