City filmmaker Anindya Chatterjee, whose debut film Jhumura is awaiting release, recently came back after the shoot of his first French film, Homeland (La Patrie), in Euville, Commercy. The indie movie is about a woman’s search for her roots.
The lead cast comprises French actors Jonathan Dumontier, Ani Hovhanisiyan and Nicolas Pierson. Jonathan is a cinematographer who passed out from a film school. Apart from acting in the movie, he was of huge help during the shoot.The film is about an Armenian (Ani) of French origin, who visits a village in France in search of her roots. She is helped by a Frenchman (Jonathan), who she has befriended on the net. Towards the end of the film, she who had a different notion about the man realizes that he too is of another origin,” says Anindya.
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The filmmakers had to face several odds while putting the project together. To make an indie film is not easy. I remember buying a robe for a wedding sequence for 60 euros, after which I was left with 94 euros. Since a train ticket cost 98 euros, I had difficulty making my team understand why I was getting late for the shoot. Yes, I was even snubbed by them!” says Anindya Chatterjee.
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The filmmaker is planning to put his experiences together as a parallel track in the movie. While Nicolas Vert was the film’s DoP , the sound department was helmed by Thibault Turcas. The film has been shot in live sound, so there will be no dubbing. It is in post-production, which should be over in a month or two. Some patch shoot is left, which I’m trying to coordinate with my team over Skype. I’ll be able to hand over the film to my producers by September, after which it is likely to get screened at a festival this year,” adds the director.
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