Jeanne (Isild Le Besco), une actrice, apprend par sa mère (Bérangère Bonvoisin) que son père est un hindouiste, appartenant à la caste des Intouchables, qu'elle a connu lors d'un voyage en Inde. Jeanne abandonne les répétitions de la pièce Sainte Jeanne des Abattoirs et part pour Delhi puis Bénarès, la ville sainte, à la recherche de ses origines.
Sources : Le Figaro
Bande-annonce :
http://cinema.tf1.fr/cinema/bandesannonces/0,,3364838,00-intou
chable-realise-par-benoit-jacquot-isild-besco-marc-barbe-.html
Salle de cinéma : UGC Cité Ciné Les Halles
(Paris 1er) -MK2 Hautefeuille (Paris 6ème)
- Publicis Cinéma (Paris 8ème) - MK2 Quai
de Seine (Paris 19ème)
Sources : fravahr.org
http://www.fravahr.org/spip.php?breve57
Bande-annonce :
http://www.solaris-distribution.com/LE_REGARD/leregardFAcenter.htm#
- Café Transit de Kambozia Partovi avec Fereshteh Sadr Orfani, Parviz Parastui, Nikolas Papadopoulos
http://www.allocine.fr/film/video_gen_cfilm=110546.html
[See below a review in English]
Salle de cinéma : Espace Saint-Michel (Paris 5ème)
Marylène Khouri
(source : http://www.evene.fr/culture/agenda/cafe-transit-12605.php)
Café Transit / Ghaveh Kaneh (Iran-France)
By Robert Koehler
Prizes at this year's Fajr fest for Partovi's script and Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei ("The Circle," "The White Balloon") as widow Reyhan prove worthy, as each plays a crucial role in the film's emotional and sociopolitical dimensions.
With the death of husband Ismael, who owned and operated a successful roadside diner known in Farsi as a "ghaveh kaneh" (the pic's Farsi title), Reyhan feels the need to keep the family business going. In many Islamic countries, her wishes would be respected; contempo Iran, with its often extreme laws and traditions favoring men, once again provides grist for Partovi.
Bossy, conservative brother Nasser (Parviz Parastoei, in a darker mode than his witty con man in "The Lizard") won't hear of Reyhan's dreams, and demands she and her two daughters move into his compound, where he quickly builds rooms for them. Nasser is no beast; he's simply following tradition, which calls for the surviving brother to take responsibility for his brother's family.
Quietly but firmly, Reyhan refuses Nasser's offer to open a tiny operation adjoining his own restaurant, and after her eldest daughter is yanked by Nasser out of a rug-making operation, Reyhan takes the bull by the horns. She cleans up the cafe, asks Ojan (Esmaiel Soltanian) to return to his old job as waiter, opens the doors and finds herself flooded with hungry, thirsty and grateful long-haul truckers.
A few flash-forwards and flashbacks show off the stylish presence of editor Jafar Panahi, director of "The Circle" and "Crimson Gold" and a frequent Partovi collaborator. The pacing is masterful in the pic's pressure-cooker atmosphere as Reyhan hides in the kitchen from Nasser and local authorities. The friendly presence of Greek trucker Zacharia (Nikolas Padapopoulos) hints at a possible but futile romantic entanglement for Reyhan.
Orafaei's approach to her character isn't as a doomed woman, but as a survivor. It's a performance that burns steadily and quietly, with few explosions, and helps steer the film away from emotional excess. Support from an international cast is assured.
Partovi remains a more gifted writer than director, but he's backed by an aces crew led by up-and-coming lenser Mohammad Reza Sokout.
(source : www.variety.com (12 October 2005) http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117928530.html?categoryid=31&cs=1)
AUTRES FILMS FILMS INDIENS A PARIS :
http://myindias.blogspot.com/2006/11/films-indiens-dans-les-salles-paris-du.html