Silent Waters
by Sabiha Sumar
Pakistan
Script: Paromita Vohra
Cinematographer: Ralph Netzer
Editing: Bettina Böhler
Sound: Uve Haussig
Music: M. Gopal Singh, Arshad Mahmud
Cast: Kirron Kher, Aamir Malik, Arshad Mahmud, Salman Shahid, Shilpa Shukla, Sarfaraz Anasari
Production: Vidhi Films Unlimited, Flying Moon, Arte, ZDF
Distribution:
Les films du Losange
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75116 Paris
France
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www.filmsdulosange.fr
Year: 2003
35 mm, Colour, 99 min
OV Punjabi with French Subtitles
Golden Leopard - Best Actress Award, Locarno 2003
Montgolfière d'argent & Audience Award Nantes" 3 Continents Film Festival 2003
Aïcha is a well-adjusted woman in her forties. After her husband died, she has dedicated her whole life to Salim’s education, her son now eighteen years old. They live in Charkhi, a small village in the Pakistanese Punjab. Salim is a gentle daydreamer who has secretly fallen in love with Zoubida. We are in 1979, under the martial law imposed by General Zia-ul Haq. The country is entering a phase of Islamisation. Salim drastically changes. He neglects Zoubida and joins a group of Islamic fundamentalists. Aïcha is worried. Events move faster as a group of Sikhs has come from India for a pilgrimage. One of them is searching for his sister Virou, who was captured by the Muslims in 1947. Suddenly, past resurfaces.
“I do not consider myself as a woman making films, but rather as someone telling stories to nurture our comprehension of the world, our past and present, in order to better clarify our future”. Sabiha Sumar