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ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALCUTTA

( 2021 )
Feature Narrative Competition |
 
India
,
France
,
Norway
 |
 Bengali |
 133 min

Director

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Aditya Vikram Sengupta was born in India. His interests meandered towards performing arts. He trained in western classical music, animation and film, and was an active dramatist. Premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, Sengupta’s Labour of Love was featured in over 70 film festivals and won 13 international awards. It won the Golden Lotus for Best Debut Film at the 2015 National Film Awards. His feature Jonaki premiered at the 2018 International Film Festival of Rotterdam. An Indian-French-Norwegian co-production, Once Upon A Time in Calcutta received support from Cannes’ Cinefondation’s Atelier, NFDC Film Bazaar, and CNC. Aditya is developing his new project, Birthmark.

Producer

Catherine Dussart, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Linda Bolstad Strønen, Anshulika Dubey

Production Company

Catherine Dussart, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Linda Bolstad Strønen, Anshulika Dubey

Screenplay

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Cinematography

Gökhan Tiryaki

Editing

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Sound

Hindole Chakraborty, Bruno Tarriere

Cast

Sreelekha Mitra, Shayak Roy, Bratya Basu, Arindam Ghosh, Satrajit Sarkar

Contacts

Producer

Catherine Dussart, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Linda Bolstad Strønen, Anshulika Dubey

Production Company

Catherine Dussart, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Linda Bolstad Strønen, Anshulika Dubey

Screenplay

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Cinematography

Gökhan Tiryaki

Editing

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Sound

Hindole Chakraborty, Bruno Tarriere

Cast

Sreelekha Mitra, Shayak Roy, Bratya Basu, Arindam Ghosh, Satrajit Sarkar

Contacts

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After the loss of her daughter, Ela not only loses her identity as a mother, but also the only reason to be with her husband. When she’s refused a loan by the bank, her boss, a Ponzi scheme owner, makes her an offer she struggles to accept. Ela reconnects with her stepbrother to reclaim her half of the old family theatre, but he refuses, blaming her for his own fate. In between all this, Ela’s childhood sweetheart resurfaces and gives her the warmth she needs, but not a new beginning.

Producer

Catherine Dussart, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Linda Bolstad Strønen, Anshulika Dubey

Production Company

Catherine Dussart, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Linda Bolstad Strønen, Anshulika Dubey

Screenplay

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Cinematography

Gökhan Tiryaki

Editing

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Sound

Hindole Chakraborty, Bruno Tarriere

Cast

Sreelekha Mitra, Shayak Roy, Bratya Basu, Arindam Ghosh, Satrajit Sarkar

More About Film

After the loss of her daughter, Ela not only loses her identity as a mother, but also the only reason to be with her husband. When she’s refused a loan by the bank, her boss, a Ponzi scheme owner, makes her an offer she struggles to accept. Ela reconnects with her stepbrother to reclaim her half of the old family theatre, but he refuses, blaming her for his own fate. In between all this, Ela’s childhood sweetheart resurfaces and gives her the warmth she needs, but not a new beginning.