| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (111 min.)) |
| Series |
Asian film online |
| Summary |
The young Brahmin girl (Shabana Azmi) in this story has a disastrous horoscope. In an Indian village in 1828, this can be a real handicap. The fact that she is mute only compounds her difficulties. Her horoscope predicts that she will become a widow at an early age. If this turns out as predicted, in addition to being bad luck for her prospective husbands, it is bad luck for her, as she will, according to the customs of the time, have to commit suttee, sati. That means she will have to be burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre. To avoid this fate, her family has hit upon the appealing strategem of having her marry a banyan tree |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Oct. 2, 2013) |
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This edition in Bengali with English subtitles |
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Won 1989 Montréal World Film Festival Special Mention of the Jury |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Drama
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Mute persons -- Drama
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Marriage.
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Mute persons.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Sen, Aparna, 1945- film director.
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Azmi, Shabana, 1950- actor.
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Bannerjee, Arun, actor.
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Bandyopādhyāẏa, Kālī, 1920-1993, actor.
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