Basant
Director:
Andrés Antebi, Pablo González, José González Morandi, Eva Serrats
Production:
Fotoleve, Casa Asia, Generalitat de Catalunya
Duration:
60 min
Original language:
Urdu
Subtitles:
CAT/ CAST/ ENG/ FR
Format:
DVPAL
Year:
2006
Synopsis:
Lahore, Pakistan, days before the coming of spring. The sky is full of kites to celebrate Basant, the most popular festivity in town. On the ground level, the city boils. The political situation is very tense, influential voices cry out against kiteflying, considered dangerous, anti-islamic and pro-wstern. Suddenly, the government bans the celebration and applies antiterrorist law to all those thatfly their kites. The city shuts down in sad silence. But some will defy.
