A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Simone Bergmann, Nirmala Chamman, Sharla Sookha
Written by:
Rishi Chamman
Directed by:
Rishi Chamman
Release Date:
May 22, 2010
Original Title:
Laxmi calling Ling
Production Countries:
Netherlands
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 15
Ling is forced to confront her fear of going outdoors when a crazy Indian woman keeps calling her thinking she is her daughter. A story of an unlikely friendship.
41-year old Ling has street phobia. For months she doesn't get out of her flat in Amsterdam. She lives her life with almost no interaction with other people until she gets waken up by a series of early morning calls from, what sounds like an, old Indian lady asking for her daughter on the phone. Although Ling is angry at first when she keeps calling even after she told her she has got a wrong number, she starts awaiting the calls every morning. No one ever asks her how she is feeling and if she has eaten, but the Indian granny does. When the phone calls stop coming Ling starts worrying about her. It forces her to go out on the streets she hasn't been on for years, to face her fears and find Laxmi.
Director:
Rishi Chamman
Writer:
Rishi Chamman
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