feature films

FEATURE FILMS
ENGLISH AUGUST
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Dev Benegal,
Feature film
1994
90'
Dev BENEGAL's first full-length, "English August" is the description of the evolution of post colonial India in
the 90's, shown through the daily life of a young civil servant in the Indian Administration, taking function of
his first post, in the Province of Madna. In the middle of mosquitos, in an unbearable warmth, this young
lover of rock and of poetry will meet notables of the place and some marginals from different kinds. English
August is a hilarious travel throught India. Combining the functionary extravaganza with "Ghandism",
warmth and monsoon, the new-rich, bleu movies, musical movies, literature and United-States! In the
middle of every those things, Agastya try to find a sense to his life. But as it isn't so easy then he creates
different characters : polite and obliging with his superiors, satirical and subversive with his new meetings,
nostalgic and lost when he is on his own, caught by a erotic and disturbing introspection. English August is
full of "hot" anecdotes.
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DIRECTOR
Dev Benegal
CO-PRODUCER
Cinétévé - LA SEPT CINEMA - TROPIC FILM - LE MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES
LENGTH
90'
SUPPORT LOCATION
35mm
AWARDS
Grand prix spécial du Jury, Festival de Turin 1994
2ème Prix Montgolfière d'argent et Prix Gilberto Martinez Solares
Festival des 3 continents de Nantes 1994
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AUTHOR
D'après le roman de Upumanyu CHATTERJEE
CAST
Rahul BOSE - Salim SHAH - Tanvin AZMI
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