Genesis
Brief Synopsis
A weaver and a farmer, wanting to control their own lives, settle near a desert and soon share their home with a lovely young girl.
Cast & Crew
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Mrinal Sen
Director
Shabana Azmi
Woman
Naseeruddin Shah
Farmer
Om Puri
Weaver
M K Raina
Trader
Ravi Shankar
Performer
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Romance
Release Date
1987
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Filmfour International
Distribution Company
Curzon Artificial Eye; Mk2 International; Ugc; Ugc International
Location
India
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 49m
Synopsis
A weaver and a farmer, wanting to control their own lives, settle near a desert and soon share their home with a lovely young girl.
Director
Mrinal Sen
Director
Cast
Shabana Azmi
Woman
Naseeruddin Shah
Farmer
Om Puri
Weaver
M K Raina
Trader
Ravi Shankar
Performer
Kumar Bose
Performer
Kamalesh Maitra
Performer
Benoit Charvet
Performer
Jerry Lipkin
Performer
Francois Auboux
Performer
Laura Patchen
Performer
Crew
Shashi Anand
Photography Assistant
Jean-jacques Andrien
Associate Producer
Samaresh Basu
Source Material (From Novel)
Jitesh Basu-thakur
Production Manager
Supantha Bhattacharya
Assistant Director
Manas Biswas
Art Direction Assistant
Manas Biswas
Costumes Assistant
Kumar Bose
Music Assistant
Mohit Chattopadhya
Screenplay Collaboration
Mukul Chaudhuri
Production Controller
Biswanath Das
Production Assistant
Joel Guibert
Production Assistant (India)
Debi Halder
Makeup
Ramprasad Kahar
Makeup
Gopi Kannadasan
Production Assistant
Gerard Lamps
Sound Rerecording
Alain Levy
Sound Effects Assistant
Jerome Levy
Sound Effects
Chakradhar Mahapatra
Production Assistant
Henri Morelle
Sound Recording
Nadine Muse
Editor
Marie Pascale Osterrieth
Executive Producer
Tapas Pal
Photography Assistant
Umashankar Pathik
Dialogue
Umashankar Pathik
Screenplay
Umashankar Pathik
Assistant Director
Ajit Patnaik
Costumes Assistant
Ajit Patnaik
Art Direction Assistant
Palaniappan Ramasamy
Associate Producer
Rajan Randey
Sound Recording Assistant
Philippe Ravoet
Sound Editor
Nitish Roy
Art Direction
Nitish Roy
Costumes
Soba Sadagopan
Photography Assistant
Manish Sarkar
Photography Assistant
Mrinal Sen
Screenwriter
Mrinal Sen
Music
Ravi Shankar
Music
Surendra P Singh
Screenplay
Surendra P Singh
Dialogue
Amal Sirkar
Assistant Director
Frank Struys
Sound Recording
Eliane Stutterheim
Associate Producer
Ludo Troch
Sound Editor
Carlo Varini
Director Of Photography
Elisabeth Waelchli
Editor
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Romance
Release Date
1987
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Filmfour International
Distribution Company
Curzon Artificial Eye; Mk2 International; Ugc; Ugc International
Location
India
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 49m
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 1987
Released in United States Winter December 23, 1988
Began shooting November 5, 1985.
Released in United States March 1987 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (New International Cinema) March 11-26, 1987.)
Released in United States Winter December 23, 1988
