Plan 75 and Anur comes with the Plight of Old age

News Desk

03 December 2022 09:00 PM

IFFK will screen more than ten films with the theme “The Plight of Old Age.”

The Japanese movie Plan 75, delineates the plan to euthanize people older than 75 in Japan, and the Assamese movie Anur, which tells the story of a retired school teacher, are also included for screening.

Plan 75, directed by Chie Hayakawa, received a good response when it was screened in Cannes and Toronto and will be screened under the category of World Cinema at IFFK. The movie revolves around 78-year-old Michi, who wants to live life to the fullest for the rest of her life, and the problems she faces due to this lifestyle.

Anur, directed by Monjul Baruah, perfectly captures the crisis of living alone. This would be the movie’s first ever screening.

The Storyteller, based on Satyajith Ray’s short story Golpo boli tarini khuro, directed by Ananth Mahadev, will be screened under the category of Indian Cinema now.

Lear on the Shore, directed by Masahiro Kobayashi, that tells the story of an 84-year-old man suffering from dementia, will be screened under the Homage category.

Memoryland, directed by Kim Quy Bui, The Last Laugh, by FW Murnau, the Bolivian movie Utama by Alejandro Grisi, Veit Helmer’s The Bra, and Bahman Ghobadi’s The Four Walls are some of the other movies that discuss the plight of old age in the festival.

Two Malayalam movies that discuss the plight of the elderly will also be screened.

The Husband, the wife, and their two children, directed by Satish and Santhosh Babusenan, talk about an elderly couple who live with the memories of their children, and Old Ag e Home, directed by Jeo Baby from the anthology Freedom Fight are the other two Malayalam movies that discuss the plight of old age and will be screened at the festival.