Watched a stylish Malayalam movie, Iyobinte Pusthakam or The Book of Job last night.
A period piece on the life of a man called Iyob on a tea plantation in Munnar in 1900-1945.
The movie has been shot quite well by the director and photographer Amal Neerad. And it has some very competent acting. I am particularly taken in by Fahadh Faasil. To me, he is the best actor of his generation working in any language in India.
The director, Amal Neerad, a Satyajit Ray Film Institute alumnus, was a real discovery for me. He has made, apparently, six movies before it. I should look for it.
The movie is one version of the history of Munnar. Off course, it's fiction. But it has whetted my appetite to look for the history of Munnar. Any suggestions Guns PR Ganapathy?
Only crib is that the relevance of its name was not clear to me. The Book of Job is considered by many poets as one of the most poetic portions of The Bible and hence examples of old poetic heritage of the world. The movie doesn't have have any direct connections with it, except a quote from it right in the beginning.
It is available on DVD with subtitles. Does have a bit of violence.
Do catch it if period pieces are your thing.:-))
A period piece on the life of a man called Iyob on a tea plantation in Munnar in 1900-1945.
The movie has been shot quite well by the director and photographer Amal Neerad. And it has some very competent acting. I am particularly taken in by Fahadh Faasil. To me, he is the best actor of his generation working in any language in India.
The director, Amal Neerad, a Satyajit Ray Film Institute alumnus, was a real discovery for me. He has made, apparently, six movies before it. I should look for it.
The movie is one version of the history of Munnar. Off course, it's fiction. But it has whetted my appetite to look for the history of Munnar. Any suggestions Guns PR Ganapathy?
Only crib is that the relevance of its name was not clear to me. The Book of Job is considered by many poets as one of the most poetic portions of The Bible and hence examples of old poetic heritage of the world. The movie doesn't have have any direct connections with it, except a quote from it right in the beginning.
It is available on DVD with subtitles. Does have a bit of violence.
Do catch it if period pieces are your thing.:-))
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