Bringing together the gems of the cinematic world which havefound acclaim in noted film festivals abroad, the ‘Festival Kaleidoscope’package brings for the movie aficionado films which include top award winnersin film festivals like Cannes, Locarno, Montreal and Busan.
The package which includes vibrant movies acclaimed acrossthe world for their cinematic geniuses screens the following films:
Film: The Children of Troumaron
Director: Harrikrisna Anenden and Sharvan Anenden
Auditorium: Inox Screen III
Date: November 25
Time: 7:30 pm
Synopsis: In Troumaron, a deprived area in the suburbs ofPort-Louis, capital of Mauritius, life has come to a standstill. The nearbygarment factory that used to employ the women has shut down. Unemployed men andwomen contemplate life behind their closed and torn curtains or wile away theirdays playing dominoes by the roadside or watching television. Gangs roam thestreets while the girls try to escape from their merciless eyes.
Slipping by in the yellow shadows of the concrete blocks,four youngsters, Sad, Eve, Clélio and Savita, talk about their days and nights,their survival and the absence of any future. They stare at the world withnaked, dreamless eyes. Talking about their life, they also reveal a pitilessworld, people struck blind and deaf to others’ needs and the predatory natureof those who roam on the fringes. For them all, the countdown has begun.
But the unfolding of their plans will have devastatingconsequences on all their lives.
