Synopse

There is something rotten in the state of Kashmir: the young poet Haider returns home after learning that his father has disappeared. It‘s 1995 and Kashmir is sliding into civil war. Haider finds out that his father was kidnapped and killed by Indian troops and that his mother and uncle are having a relationship. In his adaptation of Hamlet, Vishal Bhardwaj transfers the action to the Himalayas. The Indian version of the tragedy about the prince who wrestles with his fate is no less dramatic than the Shakespearean original.

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VISHAL BHARDWAJ (*1965) wuchs in der nordindischen Provinz Uttar Pradesh auf bevor er in Delhi studierte, als Orgelmusiker und in der Theaterszene aktiv war. Nachdem er für zahlreiche Filme die Musik komponiert hatte, wurde er 2006 mit seinem Regiedebüt Makdee in die Semaine de la Critique nach Cannes eingeladen. Haider ist sein achter Langfilm.

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