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Dejavu

6th(2001) New Currents

Social Criticism · Suspense/Mystery · Psychology  

  • CountryIndia
  • Production Year2001
  • Running Time72min
  • Format 35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Dejavu is Biju Viswanath′s feature debut film after his participation in the PIFF with his short film Voyage. David is imprisoned in a lighthouse on an isolated island because of bad weather. As time goes by he is filled with loneliness, fear and hunger leading to exhaustion. He longs for a friend in order to alleviate his loneliness and luckily he gets an opportunity when he saves a bruised stranger washed ashore. Despite the terrible condition of the stranger, David vents his loneliness by speaking, one-way, to the helpless stranger. Isolated for a long time on the island, David becomes isolated within himself. With this feeling of isolation, David feels fear and anxiety at any attempts at interference in his life. Consequently, David mistakes the stranger as a murderer and kills him, only to then realize his mistake. The film is mainly shot with extreme high and low angles, deftly using a hand-held camera. It thus depicts the vulnerable human psyche from the perspective of a person who is not able to accommodate anybody else but himself and is only able to interpret human relationships as a threat. David is, after great effort, able to embark on a ship, but finds the ship′s crew to be very similar to the stranger he has previously killed. (Michelle Sohn)
Director
Director
Biju Viswanath
An award-winning filmmaker in India, Biju Viswanath`s films have been screened at international film festivals worldwide. Déjà Vu had its international premiere at PIFF in 2001, while his short film A Voyage received the Critic`s Gold Medal and the Best Short Film award at the Zanzibar Film Festival. He has made several short films, and has also worked as Director of Cinematography for several feature films in India.
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  • Director Biju Viswanath 비쥬 비스와나스
  • Producer Said Alavi, Sreekar Prasad
  • Cast Paddy Fletcher, Simon Binns
  • Screenplay Laura Andrews, Biju Viswanath
  • Cinematography Biju Viswanath
  • Production Design David Cohen
  • Editor Sreekar Prasad
  • Music Sharath
  • Production Company Film Freaks
    6-D, Directors Colony, kodambakkam Chennai-600 024, India
    sreekarprasad@yahoo.com

  • World Sales Film Freaks
    6-D, Directors Colony, Chennai-600024, India
    sreekarprasad@yahoo.com