Uttara (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Uttara (also The beautiful Uttara ) |
| Original title | উত্তরা (Uttara) |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | Bengali |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 93 minutes |
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| Director | Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
| script | Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
| production | Buddhadeb Dasgupta , Dulal Roy |
| music | Biswadeb Dasgupta |
| camera | Asim Bose |
| cut | Raviranjan Maitra |
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Uttara (also The Beautiful Uttara ; Original: উত্তরা , uttarā ) is an Indian drama directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta from 2000.
action
The film takes place in a remote village in the Purulia district of Bengal . Railroad guards Balaram and Nemai have little to do at their posts and spend their time wrestling on a hill next to the railway line. Sport is her favorite hobby.
One of the villagers is a Christian pastor with his nephew Matthew. He cares for the poor, oppressed and lepers in the area. A group of old men dreams of traveling to the United States via Kolkata , but they have a complete lack of geographical knowledge.
A group of masked dancers, musicians and dwarfs appear regularly in the village. They come from a neighboring village, where they have created their own world.
Balaram returns from visiting his aunt. She had chosen a bride for him. With his young wife Uttara, Balaram has a property that his friend Nemai envies him for a short time. Uttara gets to know village life, which has slowly changed since her arrival. The previously friendly and playful daily wrestling matches between the two of them are becoming more and more serious and dogged.
A couple of young Hindu men from the city drive through the village in their jeep and keep their boredom away by harassing the locals. Uttara and above all the Christian pastor and his small parish hall are exposed to their attacks. They finally set fire to it along with the pastor tied to it. In a panic, Uttara tries to call Balaram and Nemai to help, but the two are so fixated on their fight that they hardly notice their surroundings anymore. One of the dwarfs offers Uttara to seek refuge in their village, but he is immediately shot by the young Hindu. They hunt Uttara, rape and kill her.
Against an evening sky, the silhouettes of Balaram and Nemai are still fighting.
background
Uttara was created from a short story by the author Samaresh Bose . The film premiered on August 30, 2000 at the Venice Film Festival.
Awards
Uttara has been shown at numerous international film festivals. He was nominated for the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival in 2000 and received a Silver Lion for best director . He was awarded the Audience Award at the Nantes Film Festival .
At the National Film Awards 2001 Buddhadeb Dasgupta was awarded for best director.
Reviews
Meditative-poetic drama that alternates between metaphor and parable and uses simple stylistic means to create an ambiguous atmosphere that transcends concrete events without diminishing the committed plea for more tolerance.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uttara. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 4, 2017 .