Under Construction (film)

Undrr Construction Poster of film
Directed by	Rubaiyat Hossain
Produced by	Rubaiyat Hossain Ashique Mostafa
Written by	Rubaiyat Hossain
Starring	Shahana Goswami Rahul Bose Rikita Nandini Shimu Mita Rahman
Cinematography	Martina Radwan
Distributed by	Khona Talkies (Bangladesh) contre-courant (France)
Release date	2015 (2015)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Under Construction (Bengali: আন্ডার কন্সট্রাকশন; and French title as Les Lauriers-rouges roses) is a 2015 Bengali narrative feature film written and directed by Rubaiyat Hossain, a Bangladeshi film director.

Plot

Struggling to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh, Muslim theater actress Roya suffers from her husband's wish for children and traditional life. Not interested in motherhood, she decides to reconstruct a famous and politically minded play for modern times, reclaiming her identity, her freedom and her sexuality in the process. [Written by Locarno Film Festival]

Cast

• Shahana Goswami
• Rikita Nandini Shimu^[1]
• Mita Rahman^[2]
• Rahul Bose

Production

This film is produced by a Bangladeshi Film Production Company Khona Talkies.^[3]

Release

The Movie released in Star Cineplex and other theaters in Dhaka on 22 January 2015 running for 4 weeks.
Released in France on June 7th 2017 running at more than 20 theaters across the country. Arthouse cinema ‘Le Saint-André des Arts’ in Paris played it for 6 weeks.

Festivals

Seattle International Film Festival (New Directors Showcase)
Montreal World Film Festival^[4]
São Paulo International Film Festival^[5]
Stockholm Festival Festival^[6]
Locarno Film Festival - Open Doors^[7]

Awards

Prix du Jury International, FICA Vesoul^[8]
Mentions spéciales de la critique, FICA Vesoul^[9]
Prix Emile Guimet, FICA Vesoul^[10] (awarded by Guimet Museum in Paris)
Best Emerging Director Award, NY AAIFF^[11]
Best Audience Award, Dhaka IFF

References