⭐⭐⭐⭐ – 4/5. Such a touching eyeopener! Sir (2018) entails a social-cultural topic; that of segregation and class difference, but most importantly that of a particular kind of love that crosses boundaries.
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Film Recensie + kort interview: Sir (2018); Regisseur: Rohena Gera.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ – 4/5. Wat een ontroerende ‘eyeopener’! Sir (2018) behandelt een een sociaal-cultureel onderwerp; die van segregatie en klasseverschil, maar nog belangrijker dat van een bepaald soort liefde dat grenzen overschrijdt. . .
In the mood for Love (2000): “..it’s all about the beauty of restraint..”
“If there is a film that inspired my own film Sir (2018) that would be In the Mood for Love (2000) by Kar-Wai Wong. I love that film a lot. . .
World Cinema Amsterdam, Sir (2018): “..The submissiveness and saying ‘yes sir’ to everything..”
“I love Sir (2018) by Rohena Gera and I just came back from India three weeks ago. It was my first time and I went with my girlfriend who had been there already. She has a Surinamese background but she is of East-Indian decent so her roots, far away in history are originally based in India. . .
CinemAsia Film Festival Interview ENG: Deepti Rao.
“I am Deepti Rao and I am a filmmaker from South India focusing on short fiction and documentary films. I began my film career as an assistant director on a big budget advertising film in Bombay after which I studied at the Prague Film School where I specialized in screenwriting. . .
CinemAsia Film Festival Interview NL: Deepti Rao.
“Ik ben Deepti Rao en ik ben een filmmaker uit Zuid-India die focust op korte fictie en documentaire films. Ik begon mijn filmcarrière als assistent-regisseur voor een grote budget reclamefilm in Bombay. Daarna studeerde ik aan de Praagse filmschool waar ik mij specialiseerde in scenarioschrijven. . .