The video of 'Rehana Maryam Noor' team’s official photocall session at the 74th Cannes Film Festival was released on the official YouTube channel of the prestigious event.
The film’s director Abdullah Mohammad Saad, lead actor Azmeri Haque Badhon and producers Ehsanul Haque Babu, and Jeremy Chua attended the photo session on behalf of the film’s team on July 08, 2021 in Cannes, France.
Photojournalists of major news outlets around the globe took pictures of the historical film team.
The 36-year-old screenwriter and director Abdullah Mohammad Saad, whose feature film 'Rehana Maryam Noor' screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar on Wednesday, became the first film from Bangladesh to be part of the festival’s official line-up. The film received a standing ovation from a houseful theatre.
'Rehana' is Saad’s second feature after his 2016 ‘Live from Dhaka,’ which picked up a best director award at the Singapore International Film Festival and went on to appear in several European festivals. Like his debut film, it is a character-driven piece, powered by an extraordinarily intense performance from actor and model Azmeri Haque Badhon.
Badhon plays the title character Rehana, a stern, unbending assistant professor in a medical school who struggles to balance her work with the demands of single parenting and looking after an ailing mother and a hopeless brother. The precarious balance soon spins out of control when she stumbles upon one of her students in tears and decides to doggedly pursue the male professor who seemingly assaulted her.
The movie mines the familiar territory of resilient and obstinate women battling injustice in a profoundly sexist environment. But its morally complex protagonist is no easy champion for the feminist cause. Rehana is incorruptible and yet prepared to lie – and hurt those she holds dearest – in her obsessive quest for retribution.
The film was screened on July 7 and 8 at the prestigious festival.
The film’s eight-member crew includes Sound engineer Sayba Talukder, colourist Chinmoy, production designer Uzzal, cinematographer Tuhin, executive producer Babu, co-producer Mohajon, actor Azmeri Haque Badhon and director Abdullah Mohammad Saad have all reached Paris on June 25.
The Bangladesh, Singapore and Qatar co-production stars Azmeri Haque Badhon, Afia Jahin Jaima, Afia Tabassum Borno, Kazi Sami Hossain, Yasir Al Haq, Saberi Alam, Abrodit Chowdhury and others in central characters.
Previously, the late director Tareque Masud’s ‘Matir Moyna’ was screened at the Director's Fortnight segment of the 55th Cannes.
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