Passover
Passover, a close collaboration between director Jamil Dehlavi and celebrated flamenco guitarist Paco Peña, is a flamenco passion play set in Andalucia, inspired by the legend that the gypsies forged the nails used to crucify Jesus Christ and were thereafter condemned to wander the earth forever.
Jamil Dehlavi
Casts & Crew
Jorge de Juan
Belén Fernández
Also Directed by Jamil Dehlavi
A dramatic depiction of the life of Hussain, with allegorical references to the history of the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. It is prophesied that Young Hussain will one day lead the impoverished masses to a better life. It is his brother, Hasan, however who gains in prominence and when the government is overthrown in a military coup, he tries to adapt. Hussain in the meanwhile gets married and leads a small band of rebels in an attempt to fight the military dictatorship.
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation from the Muslim regime, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.
A musician searches for the Master Flautist, a supernatural creature who is planning to blow up the world.
Footage of a volcano eruption set to music
An illegal immigrant from Albania infiltrates the lives of a group of Londoners with devastating consequences.
A fallen angel seeks redemption for the death of a child under his protection.
A childless British couple visit a fertility shrine of Gulab Shah in Karachi run by eunuchs and set off a huge culture clash.
Tells a story of a Pakistani boy's experience and obsession with death and the Zoroastrian rituals of purification and regeneration. Shows how he develops into a young revolutionary and confronts love, religious conflict, and his own death.