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MY LITTLE DEVIL
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Canada - India
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 88 min.
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MON PETIT DIABLE
Upon the death of his mother, Joseph is sent by his father to a boarding school. Saddened, he leaves Magan, his best friend, and the village of his childhood to lead a new life elsewhere. His new home is run by strict but caring Catholic missionaries. Little by little, but not without incident, Joseph learns to love and be loved by the people of the school, his new family. He is particularly fond of Tom Chacha, en ex-soldier, or so he says, who now works as a cook. Joseph loves to listen to the war stories Tom tells him as he prepares the Father's meals. He also wins the friendship of his class comrades-- the facetious Karsan and Arvin who is hopelessly in love with his beautiful literature teacher. It is in this boarding house on the shore of the Indian Ocean that, during recess, he has an encounter that changes his life forever. The encounter is with Sandu, a teenager living in abject poverty. For the first time in his life, Joseph witnesses true misery. Revolted by this injustice, he decides to help his new-found friend. Every day little Joseph borrows bread from the school's kitchen and gives it to Sandu and his impoverished family. Until the day he gets caught red-handed. Twenty years later Joseph and Sandu meet by chance in a remote train station. Joseph has grown up to be a notorious writer and Sandu a train engineer. Once again bread becomes a symbol of their relationship...
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Script: Gopi Desai.
Phot.: Darshan Dave.
Ed.: Mathieu Roy-D�carie.
Mus.: Serge Fiori, Majoly.
Cast: Om Puri, Rushabh Patni, Pooja Batra, Satyajit Sharma, Firdausi Jussawalla, Gaffar Modi, Rachit Mehta.
Sales: Rock Demers, Productions La F�te, 387, rue Saint-Paul ouest, Montr�al, Qu�bec H2Y 2A7 (Canada), t�l.: (514) 848-0417, fax: (514) 848-0064, e-mail: [email protected] / National Film Development Corporation Ltd., Discovery of India Nehru Centre, A.B., Worli, Bombay 400018 (Inde), t�l.: (011-91) 22 495 1413, fax: (011-91) 22 495 0591.
Sales: Distribution La F�te.
Canadian Distributor: Distribution La F�te.
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Gopi Desai
After graduating from Gujarat University, Gopi Desai studied at the Film and Television Institute of Pune and the National School of Drama. She has been an actress on stage, screen and television, conducted theatre workshops and created programs for the Indian Space Research Organization. As an actress she has appeared in BHAVNI BHAVAI (1980) and MY SON THE FANATIC (1997). Her directorial filmography includes a wide range of documentaries, all containing strong social messages and dealing with such issues as children's rights, the condition of women and the working poor. Among them: Mumbaichi Lavni, Utthan, Land and People of Banni and Mansar. Her feature debut, LET'S BE FRIENDS (1992), won numerous prizes at festivals in India and abroad. |
