Machan (2008) - Uberto Pasolini

MACHAN

Directed by: Uberto Pasolini

Cast: Dharmapriya Dias, Gihan De Chickera, Dharshan Dharmaraj, Namal Jayasinghe, Sujeewa Priyalal, Dayadewa Edirisinghe, Mahendra Perera

Writers: RUWANTHIE DE CHICKERA & UBERTO PASOLINI

Producers: PRASANNA VITHANAGE, CONCHITA AIROLDI & UBERTO PASOLINI

Co-Producer: HENNING MOLFENTER

Associate Producer: MIRJAM WEBER

Director of Photography: STEFANO FALIVENE

Production Designer: ERROL KELLY

Editor: MASAHIRO HIRAKUBO

Composers: STEPHEN WARBECK & LAKSHMAN JOSEPH DE SARAM

Sound Mixer: ANANDAR CHANDRAHASAN

Costume Designers: SANDHIYA JAYASURIYA & ROB NAVIS

Make-up Designer: EBERT WIJESINGHE

Casting Director: DAMAYANTHI FONSEK

Screenplay: Uberto Pasolini, Ruwanthie De Chickera

Production: StudioUrania, supported by MiBAC, Redwave Films, Shakthi Films (Colombo), Babelsberg Film (Munchen), in collaborazione con Rai Cinema

Distributor: MIKADO

World sales: BETA CINEMA

Credits : rotiya

Country: Italy/Sri Lanka/Germany

Film run:110'

Release date:12/09/2008





Festival & Awards:

BRAUNSCHWEIG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: New International Cinema

DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: Cultural Bridge

HAMBURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: Agenda 08

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF KERALA 2008: People Choice

LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2008: Venice Days: Label Europa Cinemas Award; FEDIC Award

SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: Competition - New Directors

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: Contemporary World Cinema

65th International Venice Film Festival.


IMDB Link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172522/

Summary

A group of desperate slum dwellers, living on the margins of society under impossible pressures, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria to be the answer to their prayers, a one way ticket to the West and the wealth that will solve all their problems. Manoj and Stanley console themselves after their latest visa application is rejected. For Barman Manoj, the recurrent denial of his ultimate dream to live and work in the West is taking a serious toll, whilst his lifelong friend Stanley, struggling to cope with debt, the loss of his roof, not to mention the guilt associated with a botched 'get rich quick scheme', is running on empty and his enduring sanguinity, seriously on the wane. With their spirits at an all time low the chance discovery of an invitation to a Bavarian handball tournament appears to them like a present from the Gods. A quick evaluation of the situation convinces them that there are worse things one can do than submit a bogus application to the German Embassy and with that encouraging thought at the forefront of their minds set out to assemble the Sri Lanka National Handball Team from a mismatched collection of friends and colleagues, creditors, policemen, anyone in fact who might jeopardise their safe passage out of the country and a better life...


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