QISSA: THE TALE OF A LONELY GHOST
by Anup Singh
synopsis
Umber Singh is a Sikh who loses everything during the separation of India in 1947 and is forced to leave his homeland. He obsessively wishes for a male heir. When his fourth daughter is born, he decides to wage a fight against destiny.
international title: | Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost |
original title: | Qissa |
country: | Germany, India, Netherlands, France |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Anup Singh |
film run: | 109' |
release date: | FR 03/09/2014 |
screenplay: | Anup Singh, Madhuja Mukherjee |
cast: | Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal, Tisca Chopra |
cinematography by: | Sebastian Edschmid |
film editing: | Bernd Euscher |
art director: | Tim Pannen |
music: | Béatrice Thiriet |
production: | Heimatfilm GMBH + CO KG, Augustus Film, Ciné-Sud Promotion, National Film Development Corporation of India |
distributor: | Zootrope Films |