Title: | Stone on My Heart, A | |
Director 1: | Preeya Lal | |
Country: | UK | |
Year: | 1996 | |
length: | 27 mins | |
Colour/b-w: | ||
Genre: | short film, documentary | |
Screenwriter: | ||
Cinematographer: | Adam Suschitzky | |
Editor: | Andrew Loftus | |
Producer: | James de Paor | |
Production company: | The National Film and Television School | |
Cast: | ||
Location: | TABB | |
TABB No.: | 93 | |
Synopsis: | After living away from her family in England for fourteen years, the film-maker returns to India for her younger brother's arranged marriage. As the wedding preparations proceed, she discovers her parents' plans and expectations for her future and must confront her inability to fulfil them. A personal story about a family coming to terms with separation and a universal story about the effects of migration and change. | |
Keyword 1: | women | |
Keyword 2: | Indian | |
Keyword 3: | migration | |
Keyword 4: | generation | |
Keyword 5: | arranged marriage | |
Keyword 6: | family | |
Keyword 7: | tradition | |
Keyword 8: | autobiography | |
Keyword 9: | mother-daughter relationship | |
Keyword 10: | father-daughter relationship |
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