As the credits faded to Prey (1977-also reviewed),I was pleased to hear that after this Cine-Excess fest, (the first major movie festival I traveled to attend) that an Indian cinema festival was going to be held at The Electric Cinema (the oldest working cinema in the UK) soon.
Almost giving up on the idea that the festival would ever take place, over the long period that cinemas were shut down, I was absolutely thrilled to see on the website of the re-opened The Electric Cinema, that screenings for an Indian film festival were soon to take place, which led to me getting ready for a Once Upon a Time tale.
View on the film:
Turning the pages on Ela's searh for a new life, editor/writer/ director Aditya Vikram Sengupta & cinematographer Gokhan Tiryaki listen in on Ela's quiet moments of contemplation, with refine dolly shots, which along with drawing a depth of field to the vast surroundings of the city, also creates a intimate atmosphere, from seeing Ela at a distance/ distorted dolly shots.
Holding a close-up on Ela struggling after the loss of her daughter, Hindole Chakraborty makes a excellent, documentary- style sound design, where Ela's deeply held personal grief, plays out to a backdrop to the sound of bustling crowds and car horns filling the city. Searching round the city for a new beginning, Sreelekha Mitra gives a delicate performance as Ela, which threads Ela's continued struggle with traigic events of the past, while continuing to try and turn a new page in her life,once upon a time in Calcutta.
Almost giving up on the idea that the festival would ever take place, over the long period that cinemas were shut down, I was absolutely thrilled to see on the website of the re-opened The Electric Cinema, that screenings for an Indian film festival were soon to take place, which led to me getting ready for a Once Upon a Time tale.
View on the film:
Turning the pages on Ela's searh for a new life, editor/writer/ director Aditya Vikram Sengupta & cinematographer Gokhan Tiryaki listen in on Ela's quiet moments of contemplation, with refine dolly shots, which along with drawing a depth of field to the vast surroundings of the city, also creates a intimate atmosphere, from seeing Ela at a distance/ distorted dolly shots.
Holding a close-up on Ela struggling after the loss of her daughter, Hindole Chakraborty makes a excellent, documentary- style sound design, where Ela's deeply held personal grief, plays out to a backdrop to the sound of bustling crowds and car horns filling the city. Searching round the city for a new beginning, Sreelekha Mitra gives a delicate performance as Ela, which threads Ela's continued struggle with traigic events of the past, while continuing to try and turn a new page in her life,once upon a time in Calcutta.