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DN EP 148: Machan – Uberto Pasolini

By MarBelle ⋅ November 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] After reading about a group of desperate slum dwellers from Sri Lanka who daringly posed as the non-existent national handball team in order to secure their passage out of the country, producer Uberto Pasolini decided to temporarily sit in the director’s chair to bring their true life story [...]

Machan – Uberto Pasolini

By MarBelle ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Machan (2008) Based on a true story, this tragicomical tale tells the story of a sports team with a difference… Living on the margins of society, under impossible pressures, a group of desperate slum dwellers find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria, Germany. This one-way ticket to the West could be the answer to [...]