H omestay Blues is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Miriam Chandy Menacherry:
Miriam Chandy Menacherry
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Homestay Blues is about a prodigal son who returns to his ancestral home in Kerala, after leaving home to study abroad, where he abandoned his studies to join a blues band. A string of failures behind him, he now returns at age 32, a stranger in his homeland. Much has changed in the time that Johnny has been away and he has to come to terms with his crumbling home and a new era of communist politics. Johnny decides to ride the tourism boom and convert the family mansion into a home stay for foreigners- it his last shot at love and a second shot at life.
The paths of...
Miriam Chandy Menacherry
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Homestay Blues is about a prodigal son who returns to his ancestral home in Kerala, after leaving home to study abroad, where he abandoned his studies to join a blues band. A string of failures behind him, he now returns at age 32, a stranger in his homeland. Much has changed in the time that Johnny has been away and he has to come to terms with his crumbling home and a new era of communist politics. Johnny decides to ride the tourism boom and convert the family mansion into a home stay for foreigners- it his last shot at love and a second shot at life.
The paths of...
- 11/16/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
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