MATRUBHOOMI: A NATION WITHOUT WOMEN
by Manish Jha
synopsis
In rural India of the near future, a small village has been reduced to a violent state of barbarianism. Because of the immoral tradition of female infanticide, the town is populated exclusively by brutish men. Nevertheless, wealthy Ramcharan tries to arrange a marriage for his eldest son Rakesh. He manages to purchase the only woman around, Kalki, who ends up serving all five of his sons. The violence only escalates from there.
international title: | Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women |
original title: | Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women |
country: | France, India |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Manish Jha |
film run: | 99' |
release date: | SE 15/10/2004, FR 26/01/2005 |
screenplay: | Manish Jha |
cast: | Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Sushant Singh, Pankaj Jha, Piyush Mishra, Vinamra Pancharia, Mukesh Bhatt |
cinematography by: | Venu Gopal |
film editing: | Ashmith Kunder, Shirish Kunder |
art director: | Wasiq Khan |
costumes designer: | Isha Ahluwalia, Darshan Jalan |
music: | Salim Sulaiman |
producer: | Nicolas Blanc, Punkej Kharabanda, Patrick Sobelman |
production: | Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Diaphana, Gimages |
distributor: | Diaphana Distribution, Folkets Bio |