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Utóélet (Virág Zomborácz)

Utóélet
Virág Zomborácz
Hungary. 2014. 100 min

A heavily neurotic young man starts to see his father’s ghost, and while he helps the spirit cross to the otherworld, something happens that they could never achieve in their common life: they finally understand each other.

Mammo (Shyam Benegal)

Mammo
Shyam Benegal
India. 1994. 130 min
Cast :  Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke

13 year old Riyaz lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, India, with his grandmother, Fayyuzi, and her sister, Mehmooda alias Mammo. Quite outspoken and embittered over his dad abandoning him, Riyaz does not have many friends, save for Rohan. When Mammo plans a surprise birthday party for him, Riyaz is offended as he believes his friends will make fun of him as his lifestyle is not as good as their’s. Fayyuzi and Riyaz have an argument with Mammo, and she leaves for the Mosque at Haji Ali, but returns when both apologize to her.

Although Mammo was born in Panipat during the British Raj, she was one of thousands of Muslims who left for Pakistan. She was married over there, could not conceive, was branded a “barren woman”, and asked to leave. Having nowhere else to go, she came to live with her widowed sister in Bombay on a temporary Visa. Every month she would walk to the nearest Police Station and get an extension.

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (Shyam Benegal)

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
Shyam Benegal
India. 1992. 130 min
Cast :  Rajit Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav, Siraj Ahmed

A man shares some lazy memories about his friend, Manek Mulla, who had a knack for telling stories. On this particular afternoon, Manek narrates a ‘unique’ love affair with the help of different stories, various characters’ point of views and the social relevance of these stories. As these stories proceed, reality mixes with fiction.