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Juze (2017)

Juze poster
Original title
Juje
Directed by
Miransha Naik
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1990s Goa, a migrant laborer faces exploitation and social injustice. The film follows his struggle against the system.

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What happens

Juze or Juje is a 2017 Indian film in Konkani, written and directed by Miransha Naik. The film is about the social injustice and exploitation faced by migrant labourers in Goa, and is set in the 1990s. It was co-produced by people from India, France and Netherlands (Thin Air, Three Rivers, Kepler Films, Cine-Sud Promotion) under the banner of Goa Film Bazaar, with some of the editing done in Paris. The film premiered at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2017, and was also chosen for the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. It became the first Konkani film to be commercially released in France. Juze also became the first Konkani film to be selected for mentoring and promotion during Film Bazaar, the filmmaking lab organised by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in Goa, in 2015. It was featured at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2017, at the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in the Indian Panorama section in November 2017, the Minsk Film Festival in Belarus (where it won an award) and the Dublin International Film Festival in Ireland. The film was finally released in Goa, with an "A" certification by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), in April 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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