Cinema of the World - Ramchand Pakastani

Dir. Mehreen Jabbar, Urdu with english subtitles, 2008

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Thu 1 October 2009 // 19:30 / Cinema


 
Based on actual recent events, the story is of a Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme  tension between the 2 countries.  Her debut film, she tells of the lives of a family at the bottom of a discriminatory religious ladder and an insensitive social system, which is nevertheless inclusive and pluralist.