A world of films. Films of the world.
I watched 23 movies in a span of 7 days at the 22nd international film festival of Kerala last month in Trivandrum. The theme was identity and displacement. I ended up watching some of the finest movies made on the subject, in the last year, from across the world. In the end, I realised with greater conviction that people are the same everywhere. The human race in it's entirety is a victim of prejudice/hatred/suspicion/intolerance. Most people are plain humans who, given a chance want peace and harmony and to love and to laugh. Women everywhere in the world are battling hypocrisy and struggle to be seen as humans instead of women. "Women" being fragile creatures on whom the "honour" of "decent" society lies. The films that flash before my eyes as I write this are, L'insulte (French, Arabic; dir: Ziad Doueiri), Ava (Pharsi; dir: Sadaf Foroughi), Oh!Lucy (Japanese; Dir: Atsuko Hiranayagi), Une saison en France (French; Dir: Mahamet Sale