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Sulaimani
Vinnie Ann Bose
France / 19'49 / 2025
Production company : Girelle Production
Un soir, Alia et Neena, deux jeunes Indiennes viennent chacune dîner au Sulaimani, un restaurant indien à Paris. Le repas fait ressurgir chez elles des émotions parfois enfouies et « libère » certains souvenirs qui nous révèlent peu à peu pourquoi elles ont quitté leur pays. Alia ne supportait plus la culture de l’Inde traditionnelle et était en conflit avec sa famille. Neena a choisi de partir pour subvenir aux besoins de son mari et de ses enfants restés en Inde. Si leurs raisons sont différentes, elles sont en proie à une même nostalgie au cours de ce dîner qui les ramène un peu plus près de chez elles.
One evening, Alia and Neena, two young Indian women, each come to dinner at Sulaimani, an Indian restaurant in Paris. The meal brings back sometimes buried emotions for them and “releases” certain memories which little by little reveal to us why they left their country. Alia could no longer stand the culture of traditional India and was in conflict with her family. Neena chose to leave to provide for her husband and children back in India. If their reasons are different, they are prey to the same nostalgia during this dinner which brings them a little closer to home.
