Cricket op Amsterdams filmfestival

Tijdens het International Sports Film Festival Amsterdam (ISFFA, van 17 tot 19 april) op het Westergasterrein wordt onder andere de cricketfilm 'Beyond All Boundaries' vertoond. Deze film speelt zich af tijdens de World Cup in India in 2011 en gaat over drie personen die zich diep verbonden voelen met het Indiase cricket. Zo is er bijvoorbeeld superfan Sudhir, een arme jongen die op zijn fiets het Indiase cricketteam achterna reist. In de film wordt Engels en Hindi gesproken, en zijn Engelse subtitels. (IMDB-rating 8,2)

Storyline:

As India, host of the 2011 World Cup of Cricket, begins its campaign to win the Cup after a 28-year drought, three ordinary Indians seek their salvation/escape from a difficult life through their passion for cricket - Sudhir, a penniless superfan who cycles across India to cheer the team; Prithvi, a 12-year old boy wonder who is a cricket prodigy; and Akshaya, a girl cricketer from Mumbai's slums.

We follow Sudhir to see what drives the man who has renounced so much, including marriage, for his dream of cheering Team India forever; Akshaya as she competes in the trials for selection to the Mumbai Women's Team, and Prithvi as he copes with the unique pressures of being a cricket phenom in a cricket-crazy nation.

'Beyond all Boundaries' wordt twee keer vertoond.
Het Ketelhuis, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam:

zaterdag 18 april om 15.15 uur
zondag 19 april om 19.45 uur

Toegang is €10,00 (€9,00 voor 65+, CJP, Student, Stadspas en VERS)

Trailer: