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Original title: आग
Year: 1996
Director: Deepa Mehta
Runtime: 108 minutes
Country: India, Canada
Language: English
Rating: R21

Awards

AUDIENCE AWARD – FICTION FILM
L.A. Outfest 1997

GRAND JURY AWARD, OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM
Vancouver International Film Festival 1997

Synopsis

Considered a queer classic of Asian cinema today, award-winning filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s film Fire was considered the first mainstream Indian film to explore lesbianinism. Sita and Radha are young Indian women in loveless marriages whose husbands choose celibacy or mistresses over their wives. This leads them to form an intimate, passionate relationship amidst a close-minded society. Fire challenges all the foundations in which society is built upon, such as family, marriage, religion and sex.

This film is part of the programme Y2K Dreamz. The full programme for Y2K DreamZ can be found here.

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