New Delhi: The 77th version of the Cannes Film Festival is about to be held within the French Riviera from May 14 with India set to make its mark on the canvas of the distinguished movie competition, thought-about one of many world’s greatest movie festivals.
Seven movies from India will likely be part of the competition. One of the movies, and India’s huge hopes comes within the type of the Malayalam movie ‘All We Imagine As Light’.
The movie, directed by Payal Kapadia, will likely be screened on the competition on May 23.
‘All We Imagine As Light’ follows the story of two roommates who function nurses at a hospital. How love and self-discovery convey a couple of change of their views types the crux of the story.
The movie would be the 1st Indian movie in the primary section (Palme d’Or) of Cannes, the final was ‘Swaham’ which was launched in 1994.
Another movie to be screened on the competition is ‘Santosh’. The movie is directed by British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri and will likely be screened on the Un Certain Regard part of 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Santosh stars Shahana Goswami within the lead function and follows the story of a newly widowed lady who inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in rural northern India.
Then there’s the Kannada brief movie ‘Sunflowers Were The First Ones To Know’ which will likely be screened beneath the Cinéfondation or La Cinef part of the Cannes Film Festival. The movie is directed by FTII scholar Chidanand Naik.
The Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah-starrer ‘Manthan’, which was launched in 1976, is about to be screened beneath the Cannes Classics choice. The movie additionally starred Girish Karnad and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
Actress Radhika Apte’s movie ‘Sister Midnight’ too has been chosen beneath the Directors’ Fortnight class on the Cannes Film Festival, this yr.
The movie, directed by Karan Kandhari, is a couple of spouse who navigates the challenges of married life in a slum. Having suffered oppression, she goals to hunt revenge.
‘In Retreat’, directed by Syed Maisam Ali Shah, tells the story of a person who returns to his hometown after a few years. The movie is about to be screened beneath the Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema Section.
The closing movie on the checklist is (*7*) directed by Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov.
The movie’s story is about in India, and it has been shot throughout Nepal and India.
(*7*) follows the story of Rani, an Indian intercourse employee, who goes on a pilgrimage to a distant temple, the place she confronts her previous, together with a love affair, who’s imprisoned for homicide in Bangalore.
The movie will likely be screened beneath the Un Certain Regard part.
