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Irrfan beyond spotlight: Lesser-known gems of the actor
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New Delhi, April 29 : On the first death anniversary of Irrfan Khan, we take a look at some of his comparatively less celebrated performances, across a gamut of genres that the actor habitually excelled in.
TOKYO TRIAL
Based on true incidents, the four-part Japanese mini-series released in 2016. Irrfan played an Indian jurist, Radhabinod Pal. He was one of three Asian judges appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. The historical drama series focuses on a decade-long investigation into events in the Pacific during and after World War II. The show was nominated at the 2017 International Emmys in the Best TV Movie/Mini-Series category.
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Irrfan Khan beyond spotlight: Tokyo Trial to The Bypass, lesser-known gems of the actor
On the first death anniversary of Irrfan Khan, we take a look at some of his comparatively less celebrated performances, across a gamut of genres that the actor habitually excelled in.
TOKYO TRIAL
Based on true incidents, the four-part Japanese mini-series released in 2016. Irrfan played an Indian jurist, Radhabinod Pal. He was one of three Asian judges appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. The historical drama series focuses on a decade-long investigation into events in the Pacific during and after World War II. The show was nominated at the 2017 International Emmys in the Best TV Movie/Mini-Series category.
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film profile] will join the line-up for the 18th edition of the CPH:DOX festival, having been selected for the Next:Wave section, dedicated to emerging talent. Its world premiere is set to take place on 24 April. The second full-length feature from
Álvaro F Pulpeiro draws inspiration from
Joseph Conrad’s acclaimed 1904 novel,
Nostromo, (where Francis Ford Coppola first got the idea for
Apocalypse Now), adapting it to the situation facing present-day Venezuela: a country on the brink of economic, political and symbolic collapse.
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Written by Pulpeiro himself, in the director’s own words the film “aspires to find a place as a lyrical piece that alternates between gritty realism and radical intimacy. We turn the spotlight on the figure of the pariah, stripped of national identity and the rights that come with citizenship, through a series of encounters with people who, whether consciously or unconsciously, have tur