THE SALT IN OUR WATERS
synopsis
For his latest art installation, Rudro journeys to a remote mangrove isle on the Bangladeshi Delta, a day's boat ride and a world away from modern, crowded Dhaka. Welcomed by the local fishermen and their leader Chairman, Rudro's modern ideas and lifelike sculptures enchant the village boys and his landlord's daughter. But when the local Ilish catch proves elusive, the elders blame Rudro’s “idolatry” for the curse of empty nets. In this vanishing land where sea and sky merge, a storm is brewing and change –welcome or not—is coming.
international title: | The Salt in Our Waters |
original title: | Nonajoler Kabbo |
country: | Bangladesh, France |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rezwan Shahriar Sumit |
film run: | 106' |
screenplay: | Rezwan Shahriar Sumit |
cast: | Titas Zia, Tasnova Tamanna, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Shatabdi Wadud, Ashok Bepari, Aminur Rahman Mukul, Dulari Begum |
cinematography by: | Chananun Chotrungroj |
film editing: | Kristan Sprague, Luiza Parvu, Sankha |
art director: | Sylvain Nahmias |
costumes designer: | Edila Kasrin Farid Turin |
music: | Arnob |
producer: | Rezwan Shahriar Sumit, Ilann Girard |
executive producer: | Motaher Hossain, Khandaker Golam Kabir, David Spratt |
associate producer: | Guy Courtecuisse, Md. Assaduzzaman, Luiza Parvu, Shirin Akhter Banu, Shaheen Mosharrof, Nicolas Pollachi, Jaspreet Kaur |
production: | Arsam, mypixelstory (BD) |
backing: | CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde (FR), TFL Audience Design Fund (ITA), Bangladesh's National Film Grant (BD), Spike Lee Fellowship (US), Film Bazaar Co-Production Market (IND), International Emerging Film Talent Association (MC) |