Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Cannes Film Festival Of the 14 films selected (out of competition) this year for the Cannes Film Festival is DARSHAN by French film director, Jan Kounen. (Two of the other films being shown in this festival category include Star Wars by George Lucas and the latest Woody Allen film.) Because Cannes is the most important film festival in the world, it is a tremendous honor for any film to be included. ---------- -- -- http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=42846 70 DARSHAN SYNPOSIS: Throughout its history, India has kept a profound sense of the sacred. Hindu tradition offers a privileged place to great souls (Mahatma), to spiritual guides. As a travel diary deep inside the heart of India and Hinduism, Darshan focuses on one of the most important Mahatmas still alive : Amma. This woman has won a very important place in the Indian community today. Her fight for peace, against poverty and illiteracy earned her the Gandhi King Prize in 2002 (previously awarded to great personalities such as Khofi Annan or Nelson Mandela). For the very first time, Amma agreed to open the doors of her own world to a foreign director. Jan Kounen had the opportunity to accompany her across India, from Jaipur to Calcutta, via Benares. Darshan invites the audience to discover and better understand what makes Indian spirituality so unique. EXTRACT OF DIALOGUES: To gain peace of mind, we must be ready to battle. Not to battle with real weapons, but with love, devotion and sacrifice. A battle without bloodshed. Only peace and love. Look at our society. We spend a lot of money travelling to the depths of the oceans and space to study them. But we never travel to our inner world, which is so close at hand. Everyone loves TVs with bigger screens. But as the screens get bigger, our hearts get smaller. We have vacuum cleaners that suck up the tiniest dirt. Yet we are not ready to clean the dirt from our minds. Our minds make our lives beautiful or ugly. We try to learn about the outside world, but never the inner world. We try to right the outside world and forget to right ourselves. We are slaves to the outside world. We bear many physical and mental scars. We bear many unhealed wounds. Total happiness cannot come from the outside world. It's like trying to hold the sky or sail across land. Life is short, we must try to celebrate it. You hold only this moment in your hands. e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 This is the most exciting news I have heard this year. This will bring great recognition of Amma to those who do not keep up with world events but do keep up with things such as this, especially that many from Hollywood and influencers of popular culture will be present at the film festival. I am hoping this may bring great recognition to Amma in the United States. Other spiritual leaders such as the Dalai Lama were brought into recognition in popular culture through film, celebrity interest, etc. Some may question if this is a good way for Amma to become known, but I feel that the more awareness of Amma, and her teachings through this medium is a good thing. The more people that she is able to reach. - "Kenna" <itskenna <Ammachi> Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:16 PM Film about Amma > > > Cannes Film Festival > > Of the 14 films selected (out of competition) this > year for the Cannes Film Festival is DARSHAN by French > film director, Jan Kounen. > > (Two of the other films being shown in this festival category include Star > Wars by George Lucas and the latest Woody Allen film.) Because Cannes is > the > most important film festival in the world, it is a tremendous honor for > any > film to be included. > > > ---------- > -- > -- > > http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=42846 > 70 > > DARSHAN > > SYNPOSIS: > Throughout its history, India has kept a profound > sense of the sacred. Hindu tradition offers a > privileged place to great souls (Mahatma), to > spiritual guides. As a travel diary deep inside the > heart of India and Hinduism, Darshan focuses on one of > the most important Mahatmas still alive : Amma. > > This woman has won a very important place in the > Indian community today. Her fight for peace, against > poverty and illiteracy earned her the Gandhi King > Prize in 2002 (previously awarded to great > personalities such as Khofi Annan or Nelson > Mandela). For the very first time, Amma agreed to open > the doors of her own world to a foreign director. Jan > Kounen had the opportunity to accompany her across > India, from Jaipur to Calcutta, via Benares. Darshan > invites the audience to discover and better understand > what makes Indian spirituality so unique. > > EXTRACT OF DIALOGUES: To gain peace of mind, we must > be ready to battle. Not to battle with real weapons, > but with love, devotion and sacrifice. A battle > without bloodshed. Only peace and love. Look at our > society. We spend a lot of money travelling to the > depths of the oceans and space to study them. But we > never travel to our inner world, which is so close at > hand. Everyone loves TVs with bigger screens. But as > the screens get bigger, our hearts get smaller. We > have vacuum cleaners that suck up the tiniest dirt. > Yet we are not ready to clean the dirt from our minds. > Our minds make our lives beautiful or ugly. We try to > learn about the outside world, but never the inner > world. We try to right the outside world and forget to > right ourselves. We are slaves to the outside world. > We bear many physical and mental scars. We bear many > unhealed wounds. Total happiness cannot come from the > outside world. It's like trying to hold the sky or > sail across land. Life is short, we must try to > celebrate it. You hold only this moment in your hands. > > > > > e > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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