MUSAFIR directed by / Réalisé par Cédric Dupire & Pierre-Yves Perez. DV CAM |
84 min | 2005. Français – Hindi. Official Selections / Selections officielles.
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PRESSFILE / DOSSIER DE PRESSE MUSAFIR directed by / Réalisé par Cédric Dupire & Pierre-Yves Perez DV CAM | 84 min | 2005 Français – Hindi Official Selections / Selections officielles International Asian Film Festival, Vesoul, France 25th Ethnographic Film Festival, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France 2006 | Fatumbi award (best first film) Beeld voor Beeld Festival, Amsterdam, Holland Festival Étonnants Voyageurs St Malo, France Pärnu IDAF Festival, Estonia International Ethnographic Film Festival, Sardinia, Italy Mediterranean and Islamic International Documentary Festival “SOLE E LUNA” DOC FEST – Palermo, Italy FIRST PRIZE – Art section Festival Traces de Vie, Clermont Ferrand, France Rio de Janeiro International Ethnographic Film Festival, Brasil Worldfilm Festival Tartu – Estonia The month of the documentary film, Clermont-Ferrand, France Astra Film Cinematheque, Romania Hanna Hanna Art Gathering and Festival, Slovakia Festival du film Francophone, Iasi, Romania Musée des arts Premiers, Paris, France …
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SUMMARY / RESUME
Musafir is the name given to a group of folk musicians from different castes and religions in Rajasthan, India. Hameed Khan, a tabla player who divides his time between Paris and Jaipur, is constantly searching for the best musicians who he then takes under his wing and teaches them the Musafir repertoire. Each cast of musicians has its own repertoire, instruments and particular style. Hammed's role is to harmonize and unite them all. The collaboration not only produces new music - unlike the traditional music most of the musicians play in their communities - it produces new friendships - breaking through the social conflicts that plague India. Musafir means "nomad." This name represents the philosophy of the group: the discovery of others through a journey in which music is the common language. The documentary features the journey of the musical group through three main stages - their training session in Jaipur, the story of each musician's life, and finally, the group's tour of Europe.
Musafir est un groupe de musique folklorique qui a pour particularité de regrouper des musiciens de différentes castes et différentes religions. Hameed Khan, tablaïste, partage sa vie entre Paris et Jaipur et sillonne le Rajasthan à la recherche des meilleurs musiciens. Il les prend sous son aile et les forme au « répertoire Musafir » qui harmonise en quelques sortes l’hétérogénéité des répertoires de chaque communauté. A travers les Musafir, Hameed crée une nouvelle forme de musique, basée sur une culture ancienne et très riche : la musique folklorique du Rajasthan. Afin de rendre compte de ce lien fort, le film suit chacun des musiciens au sein de sa communauté. Musafir signifie "nomade" et derrière ce mot se cache toute la philosophie du groupe : découvrir les autres à travers le voyage, en utilisant la musique comme un langage.
CREDITS MUSAFIR DIRECTED BY / REALISATION : Pierre-Yves PEREZ and Cedric Dupire PRODUCTION : SHAI PRODUCTIONS SOUND POST PRODUCTION / POST PRODUCTION SON : Jacob Stambach TRANSLATION / TRADUCTION : Tulika Shrivastava, Bilal Khan. DISTRIBUTION : STUDIO SHAIPROD
