Country: Egypt
Year: 1999
Duration: 60'
Krishnan lives with his family in the southern Indian state of Kerala on an island in a village that has neither running water nor electricity. Following his family tradition, he works as a seasonal worker, but he struggles to support his wife and family. He is troubled by his desperation and desire to help his little boy, and so he steals some coconuts off the land where he works. Since he has no experience as a thief, he is arrested and accused of a murder that has remained unsolved for many years. There are elections on the island and the two opposing parties both exploit the Krishnan case in order to win votes. The leftist party first calls for the innocent Krishnan to be freed. The party is then seduced by promises of new wealth and hence chooses a type of execution other than the inevitable death by hanging — death by a state-of-the-art electric chair that comes from the United States. In this way Krishnan becomes the first person on the island to obtain a glorious electric death, and a statue is erected in his honor posthumously.
Biography
film director
Murali Nair
Murali Nair was born and raised in Kerala, in southern India. Although he has a degree in geology, he decided at a young age to work in cinema and got his start in Bombay. After having directed numerous short films, he achieved success with his first full-length film, Marana Simhasanam, which won the Golden Camera at the festival in Cannes in 1999 and was also presented at the Torino Film Festival. Today, he lives and works in London, where he produces TV documentaries.
FILMOGRAFIA
Tragedy of an Indian Farmer (cm, 1993), A Long Journey (cm, 1996), Marana Simhasanam (Throne of Death, 1999), Pattiyude Divasam (A Dog's Day, 2001).
Cast
& Credits
Director and plot: Murali Nair.
Screenplay: Bharathan Narakkal e Murali Nair.
Director of photography: M.J. Radhakrishnan.
Art director: Preeya Nair, Saji Varkhala.
Sound: Krishna Kumar.
Music: Madhu Apsara.
Editor: Lalitha Krishna.
Cast: Vishwas Njarakkal, Lakshmi Raman, Suhas Thayat, Jeevan Mitva e gli abitanti del villaggio di Marrjanakkadu.
Producer: Preeya Nair.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Flying Elephant Films Ltd, 12 Angelfield, St. Stephens Road, Hounslow, Middlesex TW3 2BT, England, tel. e fax +44-181-2306920, e-mail murali@globalnet.co.uk.
Screenplay: Bharathan Narakkal e Murali Nair.
Director of photography: M.J. Radhakrishnan.
Art director: Preeya Nair, Saji Varkhala.
Sound: Krishna Kumar.
Music: Madhu Apsara.
Editor: Lalitha Krishna.
Cast: Vishwas Njarakkal, Lakshmi Raman, Suhas Thayat, Jeevan Mitva e gli abitanti del villaggio di Marrjanakkadu.
Producer: Preeya Nair.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Flying Elephant Films Ltd, 12 Angelfield, St. Stephens Road, Hounslow, Middlesex TW3 2BT, England, tel. e fax +44-181-2306920, e-mail murali@globalnet.co.uk.
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