KALVELI: SHADOWS OF THE DESERT
by Franziska Schönenberger, Jayakrishnan Subramanian
synopsis
Baskaran left India for Dubai with high hopes but came back in a coffin. His widow Sundari didn't believe he committed suicide, so the relatives recruit cousin and filmmaker Jayakrisahnan Subramanian to uncover, what really happened. On his research, Jayakrishnan discovers that his cousin's fate symbolizes the exploited dreams of thousands others and the consequences they have to face when they wake up.
international title: | Kalveli: Shadows of the Desert |
original title: | Die Schatten der Wüste |
country: | Germany, India |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Franziska Schönenberger, Jayakrishnan Subramanian |
film run: | 86' |
release date: | DE 10/01/2019 |
screenplay: | Franziska Schönenberger |
cinematography by: | Christopher Aoun |
film editing: | Robert Vakily |
music: | Vedanth Bharadwaj, Bindumalini Narayanaswami |
producer: | Maximilian Plettau |
executive producer: | Ferdinand Freising |
production: | BR Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF), Nominalfilm |