QISSA: THE TALE OF A LONELY GHOST
by Anup Singh
synopsis
Umber Singh is a Sikh who loses everything during the separation of India in 1947 and is forced to leave his homeland. He obsessively wishes for a male heir. When his fourth daughter is born, he decides to wage a fight against destiny.
| international title: | Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost |
| original title: | Qissa |
| country: | Germany, India, Netherlands, France |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2013 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Anup Singh |
| film run: | 109' |
| release date: | FR 03/09/2014 |
| screenplay: | Anup Singh, Madhuja Mukherjee |
| cast: | Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal, Tisca Chopra |
| cinematography by: | Sebastian Edschmid |
| film editing: | Bernd Euscher |
| art director: | Tim Pannen |
| music: | Béatrice Thiriet |
| production: | Heimatfilm GMBH + CO KG, Augustus Film, Ciné-Sud Promotion, National Film Development Corporation of India |
| distributor: | Zootrope Films |
