A nyugaton mindmáig legismertebb indiai rendező utolsó filmje ez a klasszikus egyszerűségű és ezért szinte időtlennek ható, filozofikus kamaradráma, amelynek központi kérdése, hogy közönséges szélhámos-e vagy valóban a feleség közel negyven éve külföldön élő anyai nagybátyja az a megfáradt idős… [tovább]
A látogató (1991) 2★
bengáli
Képek 27
Szereposztás
Rendező
Forgatókönyvíró
Operatőr
Zeneszerző
Gyártó
National Film Development Corporation
Canal+
DD Productions
Várólistára tette 1
Népszerű idézetek
Ódor_Endre
– Well, what was your question again?
– Whether or not you believe in religion.
– You know, Mr. Sengupta, l am an unorthodox man.
– That's not a bad thing.
– l cannot believe in something that creates a divide between men. Religion invariably does that. And organized religion more so. For the same reason, l do not believe in caste.
– What about God?
– To the bIind, give Iight
To the dying, give Iife
Who will give light? Who will give life? The trouble is, Mr. Sengupta, in this day and age it is becoming increasingly difficult to believe in a benevolent God. The daily newspaper wounds that belief on a daily basis. What can one do?
– On this subject, l'm of the same opinion as you. But what about science? Voyager has sent pictures of Neptune. What would you say to that?
– Why do you want to know my opinion? For a change, let's hear your opinion.
– Nothing new really. lt's the same as the opinion of any educated person. The unprecedented progress of technology. Things we couldn't have dreamed of a couple of years back.
…
– Now look at something else. Millions of people – the majority of them young – with the help of hypodermic needles, injecting the deadliest of drugs into their own blood, signing their own death warrants. What technology is going to put a stop to this, Mr. Sengupta?
Ódor_Endre
– Where in the scale of civilized behavior would you place cannibals?
– Civilized? lt is certainly not civilized. lt is barbaric. Do you know who's civilized? Civilized is that man who uses one finger to press one button, and release one atomic weapon which obliterates an entire city with all its inhabitants in one strike. And you know who else is civilized? The ones who make the decision to use the weapon without turning a hair.
