Much loved since its release in 1983, Shekhar Kapur’s debut feature successfully takes in hand the reins of the family drama. Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah interpret a happy and united bourgeois couple who see their balanced life upended by the arrival of an illegitimate son entrusted to his father’s care. The film explores not only the myriad feelings and viewpoints but also each relationship with finesse and melodramatic tones. The father’s commotion, the heartache of the wife and mother played by Shabana Azmi, the innocence of the orphan and of the two young daughters who are the first to adopt him… Masoom causes many tears to flow but the film is also characterised by moments of dance full of humour and charm. FM
SCREENINGS
LE CINÉMATOGRAPHE
TUE 19 > 8:30 pm, in the presence of Shabana Azmi
THU 21 > 4:30 pm, in the presence of Shabana Azmi (+Q&A)
