Birth Centenaries - Directorate of Film Festivals
Birth Centenaries - Directorate of Film Festivals
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IFFI-2007<br />
A gossamer fable with a steely core, it couches its real-world economics in pastoral<br />
beauty. Fazlu sells dubious medicines at local fairs, but can barely support his<br />
family. His daughter has a bad leg and needs special care, and his son, Ratan, is<br />
growing fast. So when Fazlu’s wife finds some money in a pair <strong>of</strong> second hand<br />
trousers bought for Ratan, the whole family is thrilled. It looks like they have got<br />
a fortune, but the money is in a foreign currency they’ve never seen before. How<br />
can they turn it into cash they can use? From this simple premise, the film builds<br />
a story that delves deep into the economic and emotional struggles <strong>of</strong> villagers in<br />
Bangladesh. The family hopes to find a bank in the city that will exchange the<br />
money, but that’s easier said than done. Fazlu enlists the help <strong>of</strong> his friend Siraj,<br />
a man who knows the ways <strong>of</strong> the world. Siraj agrees to assist but demands 50 per<br />
cent <strong>of</strong> the money. For Fazlu, this is only a minor inconvenience, as he expects to<br />
be a rich man very soon – so rich, in fact, that he starts courting a pretty younger<br />
woman in the village, imagining he will easily be able to afford a second wife.<br />
Fazlu’s growing hubris demands a fall, but it is in how events play out for him<br />
and his family that the film attains its grace and insight.<br />
Golam Rabbany Biplob makes his directorial debut with this film. Following the<br />
lead given by his countryman and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus,<br />
Biplob shows how broad economic forces affect the most modest <strong>of</strong> Bangladeshi<br />
villagers. Biplob, born in Naogaon, Bangladesh, in 1974, studied Bengali language<br />
and literature, philosophy and English. He is the secretary general <strong>of</strong> the<br />
International Federation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Societies and the founding director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
International <strong>Film</strong> Festival Bangladesh.<br />
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Bangladesh<br />
On the wings <strong>of</strong> Dreams / Swopnodanay<br />
2007, 35mm, Colour, 88 mins,Bengali<br />
COMPETITION<br />
Director<br />
Golam Rabbany Biplob<br />
Screenplay<br />
Golam Rabbany Biplob, Anisul Huque<br />
Cinematography<br />
Mahfooz Ur Rahman Khan<br />
Editor<br />
Junaid Halim<br />
Music<br />
Bappa Mozumder<br />
Cast<br />
Mahmuduzzaman Babu (Fazlu Kabiraj), Rokeya Prachy<br />
(Kabiraj’s wife), Fazlur Rahman Babu (Shiraj Member),<br />
Momena Choudhury (Shiraj Member’s wife), Shamima Islam<br />
Tusty (Rehana), Ratan (Ratan)<br />
Art<br />
Shahid Ahmed Mitu<br />
Sound<br />
Anup Mukharjee, G.D.Babu<br />
Costumes<br />
Shomser Ali<br />
Production<br />
Impress Telefilm Ltd<br />
62-A Siddeswari Road, 2nd Floor<br />
1217 Dhaka<br />
Bangladesh<br />
Tel: +8828322168<br />
Fax: +8828313665<br />
email: frs@bdcom.com<br />
World Sales<br />
MDC International Gmbh<br />
Schillerstr. 7a, 10625 Berlin (Germany)<br />
Tel: +493026497900<br />
Fax: +493026497910<br />
email: info@mdc-int.de<br />
<strong>Festivals</strong> & Awards<br />
Shanghai (Best Director Asian New Talent Award),<br />
Rotterdam, Paramaribo (Surinam), S<strong>of</strong>ia, Festroia (Portugal),<br />
Durban, Toronto, Rio Di Janeiro, Hamburg, Chicago, Warsaw,<br />
Bangladesh’s <strong>of</strong>ficial entry for the Foreign Language Oscar at<br />
the 80th Annual Academy Awards.
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