In Search of Famine
1980 · Movie · 115 min. · India
In September 1980, a film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943. It was a man made famine, a side- product of the war, and the film crew will create the tragedy of those millions who died of starvation. The film documents the convivial life among the film crew and the hazards, problems and tension of film making on location. The actors live a double life, and the villagers, both simple and not-so-simple folk watch their work with wonder and suspicion. But as the film progresses, the recreated past begins to confront the present
Direction Mrinal Sen
Cast Dhritiman Chatterjee · Smita Patil · Gita Sen · Rajen Tarafder · Sreela Majumdar · Radhamohan Bhattacharya · Dipankar Dey · Reba Roy Chowdhury · Satya Banerjee · Devika Mukherjee
Soundtrack Salil Choudhury
Screenplay Mrinal Sen · Amalendu Chakraborty
Cinematography K.K. Mahajan
Original title Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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