THE CROSSING
synopsis
In a village in Bangladesh, a young couple in love. He (Jaheed) collects penny-by-penny the cash needed to go and seek his fortune abroad. She (Jasmine) will wait for him to return once he has made enough money to ask her father for her hand. After an adventurous journey Jaheed makes it to Athens. He manages to settle in. He keeps just enough of the money he earns to live on and sends the rest back home to his brother to save it in the bank as they had agreed. Two years later he is picked up by the police. He is tried and deported. When he returns home he discovers that his brother who has meanwhile married, has spent all his savings and the father of his beloved Jasmine is preparing to marry her off to someone else. The young lovers are in dire straits. Escape is the only solution. This time Jaheed and Jasmine will seek their fortune together.
international title: | The Crossing |
original title: | To perasma |
country: | Greece |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dimitris Stavrakas |
film run: | 109' |
screenplay: | Dimitris Stavrakas, Thanassis Scroubelos |
cast: | Safiulach Bari Adam, Hasna Banu Eti, Tofa Hossain, Amirul Haque, Mohammad Hannan, Dimitris Kolovos, Makis Akritidis, Thanos Grammenos, Fotis Spyros, Hilda Iliopoulou |
cinematography by: | Vangelis Kalambakas, Yannis Drakoularakos |
film editing: | Kostas Iordanidis |
art director: | Youla Zoiopoulou |
costumes designer: | Aspelina Spanou |
music: | Nikos Kypourgos |
producer: | Costas Skouras, Baran Seyhan, Jale Onanc |
production: | Greek Film Centre, ERT S.A, Fasma Ltd |
backing: | Eurimages |