Behind the Mirror
Synopsis
Aniket, a stressed out, unpleasant middle manager, lives with his wife, Malati, and their only son, Anirudh, in Poona, a small town in India which he leaves each day at dawn for a long train journey to Bombay where he works. One day, without any explanation, he orders his wife to gather together Anirudh’s things, for they’re leaving on a trip. The boy and his father take the train to Shekhawati, a town in Rajasthan. It’s stuck in the middle of the desert and superb traditional frescoes decorate the walls of its houses and palaces.
Aniket’s mother lives here. Aniket must go to a different country for work, and as his wife also works, there’s no-one at home to look after Anirudh until his father returns. The elderly woman joyfully accepts to look after her little grandson whom she barely knows.
During this unexpected visit, Anirudh discovers a whole new world. Everything about this strange town, where goats graze in the courtyard between houses painted with myriad, colorful frescoes, the...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Mille et Une Productions
- Foreign production company : Raj Movies International
- French distribution : Eurozoom
- News agency (France) : 213 Communication
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Marc Irmer
- Screenwriter : Rajkumar Bhan
- Director of Photography : Jogendra Panda
- Music Composer : Sanjeev Kholi
- Editor : Aseem Sinha
- Sound Recordist : Manas Choudhury
- Costume designer : Meghna Prem
- Press Attaché (film) : Laura Gouadain
- Production Designer : Alok Haldar
- French press agencies : Laura Gouadain, Émilie Maison
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Hindi
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
