PANAJI: The ‘
Soul of Asia
’ section will make a comeback at the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (
Iffi
) with six films from the Asian continent.
The films which find a place in this special section are ‘Ahed’s Knee’, ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’, ‘Onoda: 10,000 nights in the jungle’, ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’, ‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ and ‘Yuni’.
Of these, two films are in Japanese and one each in Hebrew, Arabic, Waray and Indonesian language.
‘Ahed’s Knee’ is the story of an Israeli filmmaker and his struggles to present one of his films in his remote village at the far end of the desert.
‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’, on the other hand, follows the Badri family’s quest for survival.
The Japanese movie ‘Onoda: 10,000 nights in the Jungle’, directed by Arthur Harari, showcases the valour of
Hiroo Onoda
, a resolute soldier.
‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’ shows women in love, whose lives are interwoven by a tapestry of coincidences. The film ‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ tells the tale of survival of a boy and his mother in the Filipino coastal city of Tacloban.
The eponymous Indonesian film ‘Yuni’ by Kamila Andini portrays the story of a smart and ambitious teenage girl, Yuni, who dreams of attending university and making it big in life.
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