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Fire
- Title
- Fire [motion picture].
- Publication
- Canada : Zeitgeist Films/Trial by Fire Films, 1996.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4848 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4848 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4848 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 3 film reels (108 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- The first part of Mehta's Fire/Earth/Water trilogy is an unflinching study of a lesbian love affair that interweaves sexual repression, repressed desire, crumbling patriarchy and cultural transformation in contemporary India. The tensions between traditional structures and contemporary values reflects social changes occuring across the sub-continent. Radha, the driving force behind husband Ashok's New Dehli restaurant, cohabits peacefully, if at times uneasily, with her in-laws upstairs. Their barren 15 year old marriage is rent asunder by the arrival of sister-in-law Sita, a confident modern young wife who poses questions Radha would rather not face. Their husbands' complacency and neglect draws the women into a tender relationship which detonates into tragedy.
- Subjects
- Note
- Print is masked to retain original widescreen format.
- Credits (note)
- Producers, Bobby Bedi, Deepa Mehta ; director, writer, Deepa Mehta ; cinematography, Giles Nuttgens ; editor, Barry Farrell ; music ; A. R. Rehman.
- Performer (note)
- Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Ranjit Chowdhry, Jaaved Jaffery, Kulbushan Kharbanda.
- Language (note)
- English and Bengali dialogue with English subtitles.
- OCLC
- 223204630
- Title
- Fire [motion picture].
- Imprint
- Canada : Zeitgeist Films/Trial by Fire Films, 1996.
- Credits
- Producers, Bobby Bedi, Deepa Mehta ; director, writer, Deepa Mehta ; cinematography, Giles Nuttgens ; editor, Barry Farrell ; music ; A. R. Rehman.
- Cast
- Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Ranjit Chowdhry, Jaaved Jaffery, Kulbushan Kharbanda.
- Language
- English and Bengali dialogue with English subtitles.
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- Added Author
- Das, Nandita, 1969-Kharbanda, Kulbhushan.Azmi, Shabana, 1950-Chowdhry, Ranjit.Mehta, Deepa, 1949-Zeitgeist Films.Trial By Fire Films.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 4848