Synopsis
“We can do what we will, but we cannot will what we will” Schopenhauer Tired of having their bodies exploited at Brazilian Television, three Brazilian actresses fly to India, to try to break into the Bollywood Film industry, but once inside the heart of the Indian Culture, their dreams change between the West and the East philosophies, ancient and contemporary values, between their individual and collective wishes.
(Brasil, India e EUA. 87 minutes. Fiction)
Written and Directed by:
Beatriz Seigner
Cast
Paula Braun
Nataly Cabanas
Mohana Krishna
Lorena Lobato
Nithin Nair
Parmeshwaran
Bhávana Rhya
Geetha Satish
Kaushik Satish
Produced by
Associate producer: Claudia Büschel
Producer: Ram Devineni
Associate producer: Fernando Fraiha
Production assistant: V. Gowrishankar
Executive producer: Amir Naderi
Production assistant: R. Raghavendra
Assistant producer: Sriram Raja
Executive producer: Cano Rojas
Producer: Beatriz Seigner
Executive producer: Santosh Sivan
Associated producer: Bianca Villar
Production assistant: Abhiram Viswanathan
Music by
Lorena Lobato
R. Raghavendra
Cinematography by
Beatriz Seigner
Editor
Renata Maria
Costume Design por
Beatriz Pieratti
First assistant director: Abhiram Viswanathan
Sound Departament
Foley artist: Felipe Burger Marques
Sound editor: Guille Martins
Re-recording mixer / sound designer: Pedro Noizyman
Visual Effects
Renato Batata
Camera and Electrical Department
First Camera Assitant: V. Gowrishankar
Editoral Departament
Colorist assistant /online editor: Alexandre Cristófaro
Colorist assistant: Maurício Toyama
Colorist: Junior Xis
Title designer: Marcos Garut
Produced by
Miríade Filmes e Rattapallax.
Distribution
Espaço filmes
Main Festivals and Awards
"Beatriz might have done the best film made in the West about India, with only 20 thousand dollars.”"
Luiz Carlos Merten -O Estado de São Paulo 26/10/2009
"The superficial and esquematic becomes steps for something deeper - the ephemeral in face of a millenar culture. We can compare Bollywood Dream with El Mariachi, made by Robert Rodriguez with even less money (U$ 7 thousand). To like or not to like it is what’s matter the least. The small observations in between the lines are it’s strenght."
Luiz Carlos Merten -O Estado de São Paulo 26/10/2009
"Without loosing sight of the script indications, Beatriz Seigner left space for the actors improvisations, evident option on the final texture of the film. They’ve incorporated chance in a good part of the scenes."
Daniel Schenker – Jornal do Brasil – 26/10/2009
"There are a series of moments that make of Bollywood Dream a film that changes the regard of those who watches it."
Heitor Augusto – Cineclick 28/11/2009
"Beatriz defines her film as a jazz session, on which the actors were free to create their lines and the scenes seem to emerge from those moments."
Alyson Oliveira – Cine UOL 26/11/2009
"The cultural chock is one of the most interesting things on the film, especialy because the director avoides the cliches of the foreigner look. There is a discovery tone, of course, since the film is about three woman that have never been in India, but it doesn’t show a fetishe for the exotic. There is where reside the most interesting things of the film Bollywood Dream.”
Alyson Oliveira 26/11/2009
