by Pankaj Kumar » Thu Sep 17, 2026 9:32 pm
SCREENING & DISCUSSION
To Die a Frenchman (80 min)
Producer, Director, Camera, Sound Design and Editing - Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Language: Tamil with English Subtitles
World Premiere, Rotterdam, Feb'2026
Selected for Competition @ Film South Asia, Kathmandu
(film details: kumartalkies.blogspot.in)
Sunday, 20th September 2026 6pm
@ Studio Mucchatlu, Bhoiguda, Secunderabad
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"Decolonisation had left these wounds unhealed, exposed, and throbbing, mirroring the brutality and injustice of a system that had ignored them. Mounissamy embodied one of these wounds...."
"The camera remains objective, neither condemning nor praising; it simply stands by, mute and unwavering, bearing witness to the fight of a man who refused to give up..."
"... Pankaj plunges into the hidden, intimate layers of colonial violence, refusing to remain on the surface."