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““The story is based on an urban myth,” said Hossain.”
““A bride died [in Mayfair] because there was a snake inside her ornate flowered bun.”
“Zai encounters them inside and on the streets, as a sense of terror envelops her.”
“There’s a metaphor in there about beauty, femininity, and desire.”
“Just a person.” Of course, Badhon’s salon manager, blinded by dominant ideology, would vehemently disagree.”
“Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad Khoosat’s “Lali” foregrounds the cursed groom as much as the bride within its darkly comic folk-horror folds.”
“Powered by WordPress.com VIP Venice ‘The Difficult Bride’ Turns South Asia’s Beloved Wedding Tropes Into Feminist Folk Horror at Venice Venice: One of the few female filmmakers to break out of Bangladesh, Rubaiyat Hossain’s fourth feature resists genre categorizations.”
“At the end, Zai felt like the right choice, and she made me feel very safe, which was very important to me.”
“And yet Rubaiyat Hossain, writer/director of “ The Difficult Bride ,” which premieres this week at Venice’s Orizzonti section (alongside another entry from South Asia, Anuparna Roy’s “Lovers in the Blue Night”), downplays the rigidity around genre categorization.”
“It’s about the interiority of the female body and the battle being waged inside it.”
“Genre works remarkably as a storytelling vehicle in these films, even as all its directors are men.”
“Tamil director P.S.”
“But it makes a meal of a creepy urban myth the director heard as a seven-year-old girl involving a now-shuttered elite beauty salon in Dhaka.”
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“So even though “Bride” has been accepted at Venice , and she is pleased that a Bangladeshi film will resonate with a global audience, she was very grief-stricken during production and finds it hard to celebrate now.”
“Hossain makes a surprising confession when asked whether the animals are real or psychological.”
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“The tropes have long been staples of the subcontinent’s myriad screen industries — just this century, see “Monsoon Wedding” and “ Slumdog Millionaire ,” or Netflix’s pandemic hits like “Indian Matchmaking.” Recent work on the international festival circuit has been making interventions, however.”