INDIE BUZZ: Chauthi Koot
Beyond the red carpet, two Indian films are being screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, 2015. This includes Gurvinder Singh's Chauthi Koot.
- In the picture: Actor Vikky Suvinder and director Gurvinder Singh attend a photocall for Chauthi Koot - The Fourth Direction during the 68th Cannes Film Festival on May 15. Photograph: Ben A Pruchnie/Getty Images
Reviews
'The Fourth Direction': Cannes ReviewAn Indian indie with more atmosphere than narrative suspense Cannes Film Festival (Certain Regard) Gurvinder Singh Gurvinder Singh, Waryam Singh Sandhu, Jasdeep Singh Offering an insider's glimpse into the rural Sikh community in India's Punjab, The Fourth Direction ( Chauthi Koot) takes a very roundabout route in portraying the fear, paranoia and violence of the 1980's.
'The Fourth Direction': ReviewDir. Gurvinder Singh. India, France, 2015. 115 min. More remarkable for its imaginative direction and colorful photography than for the political message it attempts to deliver, Gurvinder Singh's second feature The Fourth Direction (Chauthi Koot) combines two unrelated stories in attempt to recreate the fear, suspicion and paranoia generated by the Punjab insurgency in the early 1980's, which culminated in the assassination of Indira Gandhi.- Cannes Film Review: 'The Fourth Direction'The minimalist rigor and formalist attractions of Gurvinder Singh's debut, "Alms of the Blind Horse," are equally prominent in his follow-up feature "The Fourth Direction," yet so, too, are glacial pacing and lack of drive.
- The human cost of conflict seen through two divergent prismsCannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux held forth on the two Indian films in the official selection. Unifrance has a cocktail lined up to celebrate the inclusion of the Indian titles. And, as reported earlier, the Indian ambassador in France spoke about his parleys with the festival for selection of more Indian films in future editions.
La Storia è altrovePunjab, 1984: la stagione terribile della rivolta anti-Sikh, in seguito all'assassinio di Indira Gandhi da parte delle sue guardie del corpo di etnia Sikh. L'intero Paese è immerso in un clima di tensione e di violenza imminente, strisciante; l'esercito regolare da una parte e i separatisti Sikh dall'altra infestano la campagna senza offrire sicurezza o protezione, ma anz...
Chauthi Koot (2015): Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh's poignant tale about the legendary Sikh farmers caught in post-Bluestar PunjabA raw slice of cinema flowing with the understated elegance that's typical of the Sikh community Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews Summary: Set against the backdrop of a post Bluestar Punjab, Chauthi Koot is the story of a Punjabi farmer who seeks to protect his family from the terrorists and the police.
CANNES 2015: THE FOURTH DIRECTION (SPA)Por Mónica Delgado Esta ópera prima parte del contexto de la masacre en Amritsar, en 1984, telón de fondo político y que apenas se hace explícito en una escena, y que da el preciso marco histórico para relacionar dos relatos en apariencia dislocados el uno del otro.Press Features
From India, a Tale Shaped by a Director's Memories of an AssassinationCANNES, France - The cinematic menagerie at the 68th Cannes Film Festival includes a monstrously large flea in "Tale of Tales," bloody bunnies in "The Lobster" and flocks of sheep in " Rams." No animal, though, has held the screen as proudly as the Himalayan sheepdog Tommy in " The Fourth Direction" ("Chauth Koot"), a movie about ordinary people whose lives are shaped by violence in Punjab, the predominantly Sikh state in northern India.- "“I remember the day that Indira Gandhi was assassinated,” Mr. Singh said in an interview here Saturday afternoon. “I was in school, I was 10 years old, and it was announced at 10 in the morning that Indira Gandhi had been killed and school has to shut down and we all have to be sent back home.” That memory seems to shape “The Fourth Direction,” informing the movie’s deep sense of unease. Shortly after the story opens, the two running Hindus board a train to Amritsar, settling down in a small compartment with several Sikh travelers. The story then shifts, somewhat obliquely, to a flashback of one of the running men wandering a dark country road with his wife and child. Soon after, the story shifts a third time to a Sikh family tragically caught between a group of armed Sikh militants and the military that’s trying to oust the rebels. And then there’s Tommy, the Sikh family’s beloved and regrettably barky dog, a heartrending emblem of innocence."
India at Cannes, beyond red carpetCannes, May 16: The most horrifying scene in Gurvinder Singh's Chauthi Koot (The Fourth Direction) occurs when Tommy, a pet dog, is bludgeoned to death with a spade by his owner Joginder who actually adores the animal. Joginder is an ordinary farmer with an ordinary family living in an ordinary village in Punjab at the height of the Khalistan troubles in 1984.
http://cyber-actu.com/chauthi-koot-cri-désespoir-124520390 … Gala.fr: Chauthi Koot : Cri de désespoir ** pic.twitter.com/YM2xyGpEnY
Articulate and fascinating Gurvinder Singh on Chauthi Koot and his brilliant work. Sound and fury - Livemint http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/l7hAo5dVo6Ap2YXmKhLmZI/Sound-and-fury.html …
Sound and furyIn 2011, Gurvinder Singh made a splash with his debut film Anhey Ghorey Da Daan, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and won three National Awards. Splash may not be the right word, though-the film was as mysterious and elusive as a ripple in a pond, or a shiver down a spine.
A Fan ApartIn 2011, Gurvinder Singh made a splash with his debut film Anhey Ghorey Da Daan, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and won three National Awards. Splash may not be the right word, though-the film was as mysterious and elusive as a ripple in a pond, or a shiver down a spine.- Director Gurvinder Singh during the shoot of 'Chauthi Koot'
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