Amok is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Valeria Sarmiento:
Valeria Sarmiento
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
In 1961 Goa, amidst strife between Goans striving for independence and the supporters of the Portuguese rule, beautiful Lady Appleby, trapped in an unhappy and childless marriage with a Portuguese diplomat, begins a passionate affair with Sanjib, a young Goan active in the independence movement. They are followed by a Portuguese doctor who becomes obsessed with Lady Appleby, spying on the couple and feeding voyeuristically off their passion. When Lady Appleby discovers she’s pregnant she faces an agonising choice: she’s always wanted a child but keeping the baby would destroy her marriage. She asks the doctor for an illegal abortion, but he refuses, revealing his obsession with her. Terrified, she returns to Panjim.
Valeria Sarmiento
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
In 1961 Goa, amidst strife between Goans striving for independence and the supporters of the Portuguese rule, beautiful Lady Appleby, trapped in an unhappy and childless marriage with a Portuguese diplomat, begins a passionate affair with Sanjib, a young Goan active in the independence movement. They are followed by a Portuguese doctor who becomes obsessed with Lady Appleby, spying on the couple and feeding voyeuristically off their passion. When Lady Appleby discovers she’s pregnant she faces an agonising choice: she’s always wanted a child but keeping the baby would destroy her marriage. She asks the doctor for an illegal abortion, but he refuses, revealing his obsession with her. Terrified, she returns to Panjim.
- 11/18/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
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