Film : North 24 Kaatham by Anil Radhakrishnan Meno

Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/07/2015
6:00 pm

Location
AFP Auditorium

Categories

• Events
• Screening

North 24 Kaatham – directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon (Malayalam) – 2013 – 125 min

Harikrishnan is a geeky software architect who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. His colleagues find it hard to work with him due to his emotional outbursts and odd mannerisms, though the company leadership values him as a core asset to the organization. His colleagues hatch a plan to send him off to Trivandrum to demonstrate one of the top selling products of the company. En route to Trivandrum, in the middle of the night, he ends up at Paravur railway station with two strangers – Gopalan who is a veteran politician, and a social worker.  Hari has to interrupt his journey to help Gopalan who has just received a phone call informing him that is wife is critically ill, on the other side of the state. This trip passes through many episodes of twists and turns, culminating with Hari falling in love and overcoming his obsessive compulsive personality disorder.

It won the 2013 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.

North 24 Kaatham – réalisé par Anil Radhakrishnan Menon (Malayalam) – 2013 – 125 min

Harikhrisnan est un concepteur de logiciels informatiques, un geek qui souffre de troubles obsessionnels du comportement dont les collègues supportent tant bien que mal ses manies et débordements. Ces derniers élaborent un plan qui consiste à l’envoyer à Trivandrum pour présenter le produit phare de l’entreprise qu’il a lui-même créé. Au milieu de la nuit, sur la route de Trivandrum,  Hari se retrouve à la station de train de Paravur entouré de deux inconnus : Gopalan le vieux briscard de la politique, et un travailleur social. Hari doit interrompre son voyage pour aider Gopalan qui vient juste de recevoir un coup de fil l’informant de l’état de santé critique de sa femme, à l’autre bout de la région. Ce périple sera traversé par de nombreux rebondissements qui atteindront un point d’orgue quand Hari tombera amoureux et triomphera de ses manies.

Ce film a gagné le prix du National Film Award en 2013, pour le Meilleur Long Métrage en Malayalam