Ziad Doueiri’s Lebanese drama ‘The Insult,’ shortlisted for the foreign-language film Oscar, explores Lebanon’s sectarian divisions showing how a minor argument can become a national issue. The courtroom drama is timely and imperative for everyone witnessing a society being divided.

With some narrative twists the film follows the story of two men pitted against each other, proclaiming their victimhood. The story shows how cultural and historical narratives could manifest and shape our actions.

Continue reading ‘The Insult’ and the perpetual spirals of hatred at Movierdo.

Movie business is known for being uncertain. Every once in a while something unexpected drive filmmakers to rethink and adjust their perceptions of limitless possibilities a film can offer.

The same happened in China with the release of film ‘Hindi Medium’. Irrfan Khan’s Hindi Medium has turned out to be yet another Bollywood success story in China, scoring bigger opening than Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ and Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’.

Directed by Saket Chadhury and released in India on 19 May, the story of Hindi Medium revolves around a couple who want to give their daughter the best education so that she becomes accepted by the elite.

Continue reading India, China and Hindi Medium: does it mean something? at Movierdo.