Four remarkable movies I saw today:
Bliss
Turkey
2007
Directed by Abdullah Oguz
2 words: Beautiful and Uplifting.
A wonderfully created spectacle of a story of an unfortunate banished girl from an Islamic village, who renews her life through a series of events that take place.
Wow factor: Direction and Cinematography
Valu
Maharashtra, India
2007
Directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
2 words: Hilarious and Sensational.
How would you […]

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Unbelievable, is the only word for the films of our generation. Same will be the feeling of experienced film makers if they see what the students have achieved. Since I couldn’t get up very early to catch a 9 AM show, I started PIFF day 4 with Emotional Nomads, a film from the Netherlands which […]

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Because of Love (Z milosci)
Director: Leszek Wosiewicz
Country: Poland
Year: 2007
Love, desire, obsession… new perspectives to the equivocal aspects. Story of Roza, bound to the labyrinthine life’s journey with her love unstirred. Abandoned, deflecting discipline, finding her escape mechanism. She doesn’t know where to go. Surrendered herself to a convent, this mysterious vestal virgin, bridges her […]

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The theatres are full, the PIFF buzz is spreading and never thought people are so interested in slow-paced, non-commercial cinema. We had to rush to E-square, struggle with parking, complete the registration with photos arrggrh, and miss a few minutes of the Shyam Benegal classic Mandi. Nevermind, here’s how it went:
Film: Mandi
Director: Shyam Benegal
Country: India
Year: […]

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Went for the 6th Pune International Film Festival. 2nd year for me!! Day I was pretty good. Saw some interesting films.
Film: Bad Education
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Country: Spain
Year: 2004
What I felt:
The film is primarily about three people, two young boys who are in love in a Christian school and a priest who is sexually abusing one of […]

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