Labour of Love – The Housewife
An exploration of a woman's work around the home as something of economic worth instead of her duty.
19'
Singapore
IFFR 2023
An early key work in Singapore's avant-garde cinema, Eyes explores mankind agonising in the throes of misunderstanding and distrust under the worried eyes of the world. The oldest existing film by Rajendra Gour, a pioneering figure of Southeast Asian independent filmmaking.
– Olaf Möller
IFFR 2023
- 5'
- Singapore
- 1967
- Director
- Rajendra Gour
- Country of production
- Singapore
- Year
- 1967
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 5'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Rajendra Gour
- Sales
- Asian Film Archive
Also in this combined programme
My Child My Child
This Labour of Love – The Housewife sequel considers motherhood as part, but not the essence, of womanhood.
12'
Singapore
IFFR 2023
Sight and Desire (Eyes)
An exploration of sight – and its limits. A gorgeous mix of essay and delirium.
22'
Singapore
IFFR 2023
Sunshine Singapore
A portrait of Singapore – which today looks stridently different, making this an important historical record.
7'
Singapore
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Rajendra Gour
- Country of production
- Singapore
- Year
- 1967
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 5'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Rajendra Gour
- Sales
- Asian Film Archive
Programme IFFR 2023
Cinema Regained
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
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A gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
Amar Akbar Anthony
A song, dance, action, laughter and romance-packed Hindi spectacle as a paean to religious tolerance.
175'
India
IFFR 2023
Autobiography of a Princess
Little-seen teleplay on memory and displacement – perhaps the model for Ivory’s A Cooler Climate!
58'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023