It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Set in the backdrop of riot-stricken Pakistan at the time of the partition of India in 1947, the film deals with the plight of emigrant Sikh and Hindu families to India as a consequence of the partition.
The story of two families — one Muslim and one Hindu — living together in India under British rule.
An in-depth look at the lives and struggles of a fishing community living by the River Titas in Bangladesh after the Partition of India in 1947.
Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, and he is forced to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.
Tensions run high near the border of British India, which is about to be partitioned with a new country called Pakistan. Sikhs living in this border town have heard numerous stories of Muslims killing, raping, and looting other Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians, and many of whom are their friends and relatives. Enraged at the loss of law and order, they plan their own attack on a trainful of Muslims leaving British India. The train is overcrowded with tens and thousands of migrating passengers, who are even perched on the windows and seated on the roof of this train. The plot is to tear the bridge down when the train is on it, and no one will dare stop these men to carry out this horrific task
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn
Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.
Habibur Rahman’s The River of Partition (Ichamati, 2023) documents this riverine environment, the diverse communities that live around it, and the socio-historical role played by the river in the wake of the partition of India in 1947 and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.
Against the backdrop of Partition, independent India’s first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics. Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke, his tenacious struggle to recover, inspires his daughter to retrace his journey. Using archival footage and interviews with teammates, she reveals lives shaped by the Gold, and by Partition that made them refugees. Revealed also is a friend in Pakistan never spoken of before. Her journey in search of him morphs into a quest for the lost ‘watan’ (homeland).
Marko returns from the army and comes into conflict with his father. He goes to town and finds a job as a car mechanic. In spite of his father and the backward village, which is under the influence of the church, the son approaches the Mayer sisters to sleep over the weekend at their place.
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Ray and Dio, father and son, work the day and night shifts respectively. Both reticent and emotionless, they keep some distance between them due to family issues and generation gaps. On Tomb Sweeping Day, Ray gets lost in the columbarium since no one told him where their ancestors' urns are placed. When Dio sees his miserable father from behind, he realises how useless his father is...
In northern Croatia, a typical problem pops out during the engagement between two neighbors, a widower and a pregnant woman.
While searching for the “right” subject, the journalist decides to interview his former professor, who is a school friend of a famous Spanish fighter. During the conversation, the young journalist reveals the shocking story of a professor who fundamentally changed her life.
After an accidental text message turns into a digital friendship, Vale and Alex start crushing on each other without realizing they've met in real life.
While there is an old-fashioned feel to the story telling, it moves along new paths that are twisted enough to keep us interested and also has us clenching our fists.
An avid player of hide and seek comes to realize who he is truly hiding from. Drew is crippled by the need of his comfortable place or his safe place. His distractions are, in his mind, medicinal to his mental health, and we see that in the opening of the film while he plays video games with friends. Although, after winning a game with his online friends, his mind is forced back into the inner battle he faces daily. After battling with the realization of his own fear to confront himself about his own hidden issues, Drew realizes that his distractions are that of his aide when hiding from himself. He even dreams of what he uses to clear his mind from the usual inner turmoil from within. In due time, Drew immerses himself in an environment where he feels safe and comfortable again. Yet, this time, he stays there and questions whether or not this entire inner battle he faces is all a part of a beautiful dream in disguise.
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Klaus works voluntary as a Santa Claus in a shopping mall. After an exhausting day, he considers to hang up his job. But then, he gets a call from the children's intensive care unit.