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Something Like An Autobiography

Directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
2023
Bangladesh
84 minutes
Unclassified 15+
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A heavily pregnant woman is left searching for answers when her husband fails to return home. One of Bangladesh’s leading filmmakers, SFF regular Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Television, SFF 2013) plays a version of himself in this Busan selected thriller also starring his wife.

The director and his wife play versions of themselves – Farooki is Fahan, a famous Bangladeshi filmmaker, while Tisha plays Tithi, one of the country’s most prominent actors. In this traditional society, they face increasingly forceful queries about their childlessness despite years of marriage. Eventually Tithi falls pregnant; what follows is a time of closeness and love. One night, as Tithi is on the verge of giving birth, Fahan goes off to investigate a disturbance in their neighbourhood – and fails to return. This riveting exploration of power becomes a thriller in which the personal is political and vice versa, and Farooki showcases Bangladesh with near-tactile immediacy.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.

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Mon 10 Jun
4pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 11
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Sat 15 Jun
6:10pm
Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
Features
Year
2023
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
Bangladesh
Language
In Bengali with English subtitles
Director
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Producer
Redoan Rony
Cast
Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Monowar Hossain Dipjol
Screenwriter
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Nusrat Imrose Tisha
Cinematographer
Tahsin Rahman
Editor
Momin Biswas
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Politics & Economics, Cinephile, South East Asia, Experimental, Filmmaking
Company Credits
Production Company: Chabial
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