Shankhonad

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After more than 27 years of absence Chand returns to his birthplace in a stormy night. When he was still a child his parents were killed and the murderer seized his fields. Without exposing his real identity he meets the people that characterised his childhood: the sorceress Kunjuburi, his friend Fazlu and the son of his parent's murderer, Mannaf Khan. The latter welcomes him at first cordially, but when he comes to know his real identity he tries to ged rid of him.
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Original TitleShankhonad
TitleShankhonad
Directed byAbu Sayeed
CountryBangladesh
Year2005
ScreenplayAbu Sayeed
Film EditingJunaid Halim
SoundtrackS.I. Tutul
CinematographyMahfuzur Rahman Khan
SoundNasim Reza Shah
Costumes
Production Design
ProductionAnjan Chowdhury Pintu
Formats35mm
Runtime102 min.
LanguageBengali/d/f
CastInsan Ali, Naima Anwar, Mehenaj Boni, Kujo Buri, Rebeka Dipa, K.S. Firoz, Zahid Hasan, Saida Islam, Krishnendu

Credits

Original TitleShankhonad
TitleShankhonad
Directed byAbu Sayeed
CountryBangladesh
Year2005
ScreenplayAbu Sayeed
Film EditingJunaid Halim
SoundtrackS.I. Tutul
CinematographyMahfuzur Rahman Khan
SoundNasim Reza Shah
Costumes
Production Design
ProductionAnjan Chowdhury Pintu
Formats35mm
Runtime102 min.
LanguageBengali/d/f
CastInsan Ali, Naima Anwar, Mehenaj Boni, Kujo Buri, Rebeka Dipa, K.S. Firoz, Zahid Hasan, Saida Islam, Krishnendu

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Si l'on s'intéresse aux mécanismes de la violence sociale, aussi subtile au Bengale qu'ailleurs, ce film teinté de réalisme magique de l'enfance vaut le détour.
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