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The cast of “Silence of the Seashell,” a Golden Goblet Awards Main Competition nominee, discussed their film at the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival.
A co-production between Germany’s Weydemann Bros. and Bangladesh’s Studio BEGINNING, the film by Kamar Ahmad Simon portrays a young woman’s complex and emotional journey after an unplanned pregnancy.
Living in the bustling capital of Bangladesh, Ruba needs to get married first to keep the baby.
Bangladeshi director Kamar, who is also a poet in private and architect by training, always maintains a keen eye on the real-life stories, delicate emotions of women in his movies, producer Sara Afreen cited in the conference. His films, usually shot with a critical socio-political lens, are inspiring and thought-provoking in many people’s eyes.
Kamar noted that the film is not quite a fictional story, as it is loosely based on the feelings and experiences of people around him. He said his former training as an architect had enabled him to use methods of perspectives translating landscapes and opposing views of his time and space.
The movie’s title is inspired by his own poetic understanding of seashells.
“For me, life is like a seashore and we all are like seashells,” Kamar said. “You can hear an ocean roar if you put the seashell onto your ear.”
Sara Afreen, the partner-producer of Kamar, said the film, in her eyes, showcases the real Bangladesh and the different layers of its society. It is a counter-narrative against the stereotyped portrayal of Bangladesh done in the international media.
She added Kamar’s works across varied genres of film - from nonfiction to hybrid to fiction, and narratives of different tastes have given her different experiences.
Actress Fauzia Karim Anu, who plays the film’s lead role and became pregnant herself just before the shooting, said that she tried very hard to rediscover herself in the character and to connect with it.
“It’s a journey between two women – me and Ruba,” said Anu. She believes the emotions depicted in the film are universal.
“The family bonding and relationships in the movie are also very common to Chinese audiences,” Anu added.