
The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
India: Matri Bhumi
When
Wed 19 Mar 2025
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This remarkable work of docu-fiction sees Rossellini take his neo-realist filmmaking style, which he pioneered in post-World War II Italy, to India for a series of vignettes that begin in Mumbai and span out to the far reaches of rural India.
Co-written by Iranian diplomat and renowned author Fereydoun Hoveyda, and featuring a cast of non-actors, the film is a poetic ethnographic study of life in India during the 1950s, beautifully captured by cinematographer Aldo Tonti who had previously worked with Rossellini on Europa ’51 and Dov’è la libertà…? in the early ’50s.
35mm print courtesy of Cinecittà Luce.
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