Under Construction (film)

Undrr Construction
Poster of film
Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain
Produced by Rubaiyat Hossain
Ashique Mostafa
Written by Rubaiyat Hossain
Starring
Cinematography Martina Radwan
Distributed by Khona Talkies (Bangladesh)
contre-courant (France)
Release date
  • 2015 (2015)
Running time
 88 minutes
Country Bangladesh
Language Bengali

Under Construction (Bengali: আন্ডার কন্সট্রাকশন; and French title as Les Lauriers-roses rouges) is a 2015 Bengali narrative feature film written and directed by Rubaiyat Hossain, a Bangladeshi film director.

Plot

Struggling to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh, Muslim theater actress Roya suffers from her husband's wish for children and traditional life. Not interested in motherhood, she decides to reconstruct a famous and politically minded play for modern times, reclaiming her identity, her freedom and her sexuality in the process. [Written by Locarno Film Festival]

Cast

Production

This film is produced by a Bangladeshi Film Production Company Khona Talkies.[3]

Release

The Movie released in Star Cineplex and other theaters in Dhaka on 22 January 2015 running for 4 weeks.
Released in France on June 7, 2017 running at more than 20 theaters across the country. Arthouse cinema ‘Le Saint-André des Arts’ in Paris played it for 6 weeks.

Festivals

Seattle International Film Festival (New Directors Showcase)
Montreal World Film Festival[4]
São Paulo International Film Festival[5]
Stockholm Festival Festival[6]
Locarno Film Festival - Open Doors[7]

Awards

  • Prix du Jury International, FICA Vesoul[8]
  • Mentions spéciales de la critique, FICA Vesoul[9]
  • Prix Emile Guimet, FICA Vesoul[10] (awarded by Guimet Museum in Paris)
  • Best Emerging Director Award, NY AAIFF[11]
  • Best Audience Award, Dhaka IFF
  • Bangladesh National Film Awards 2016[12]
    • Best Dialogue
    • Best Make-up

References

  1. ↑ "Rikita Nandini Shimu". IMDb.
  2. ↑ "Mita Rahman". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Khona Talkies [bd]". IMDb.
  4. ↑ "movie-UNDER CONSTRUCTION". www.ffm-montreal.org.
  5. ↑ "São Paulo International Film Festival (2015)".
  6. ↑ "Under Construction".
  7. ↑ "Under Construction". www.pardolive.ch.
  8. ↑ Laurine. "Prix du Jury international". www.cinemas-asie.com.
  9. ↑ Laurine. "Prix du Jury international". www.cinemas-asie.com.
  10. ↑ Laurine. "Prix du Jury international". www.cinemas-asie.com.
  11. ↑ "UNDER CONSTRUCTION".
  12. ↑ "National Film Award winners announced". The Daily Star. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-05-30.


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