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| A scene from the award winning telefilm |
An Indian religious congregation has won a major award for a film telling the story of seven nuns and a divorcee who rediscover meaning in their lives.
A province of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel in Kerala took first prize in the feature film category at the 25th International Catholic Film Festival held at Niepokalanow, Poland from May 27-30.
The award winning Nurunguvettangal (Gems of Light), a telefilm in Malayalam with English subtitles, deals with a issues such as emotional attachments, boredom, conservatism, prejudice, workaholism, desires and fears.
The Kerala sisters conceived and produced the 56-minute film in the context of several controversies, including a former nun who wrote a controversial book, “Amen”, on convent life, and another nun who was caught in a sex video scam.
The film tells the story of seven nuns in a village convent. People’s reactions disillusion some, while a sense purposelessness in life drains others.
Some have forgotten how to love after becoming engrossed in their work, while one doubts even her vocation.
One day, Meera, a divorcee and a cancer patient, visits the convent. There, she comes to terms with her illness, her lost love and her fear of death and rediscovers a sense of purpose.
The nuns are also transformed by Meera’s experience. Each rediscovers her faith in God and people and finds a new purpose in her mission.
“The film narrative goes off on a tangent with seven stories of seven nuns and a divorcee woman dying of cancer,” explains director Leo Thaddeus who used symbolism in photography, music, dialogue and art work to tell the story.
The festival screened 172 films and 40 Radio programs from 20 countries, including China, India, Mongolia and Taiwan.
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Kerala nuns’ movie wows Warsaw festival (ucanews.com)
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