The Shameless (2024 film)

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The Shameless
Directed byKonstantin Bojanov
Written byKonstantin Bojanov
StarringAnasuya Sengupta
Omara Shetty
CinematographyGabriel Lobos
Edited byTom Lin
Music byPetar Dundakov
Release date
  • May 17, 2024 (2024-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesIndia
Switzerland
France
Bulgaria
Taiwan
LanguageHindi

The Shameless is a 2024 Indian film directed and written by Konstantin Bojanov.[1] It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot[edit]

Renuka escapes from a brothel in Delhi after killing a police officer. She starts a romance with Devika, a 17-year-old prostitute, after seeking refuge in a sex workers community.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Bojanov acquired the film rights to William Dalrymple's Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. Bojanov planned on making a documentary based on four stories in the book. Bojanov toured India and started filming in Karnataka in 2014. He planned on using the footage to obtain financing for a feature-length documentary.[3]

Bojanov transformed the project away from being a documentary due to the difficulty of making a film in three languages and that it would be "impossible unless I moved to India". He considered making an animated film due to difficulties obtaining financial support. He later abandoned that idea, but met Anasuya Sengupta, a character visualizer and production designer, and cast her to play the lead role.[3] It took over eight months for the two lead roles to be cast.[4]

Frederic Corvez and Maeva Savinien obtained $868,000 in financing for the film from Klas Film, House on Fire, and Akka Films. Additional financing was obtained from The Production Headquarters. The film was shot in Kathmandu, Nepal, as filming in India cost more after the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Release[edit]

The Shameless was shown at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section on 17 May 2024.[5][4] One of Bojanov's previous films, Avé, was also shown at Cannes.[3]

Accolades[edit]

Award Ceremony date Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Cannes Film Festival 24 May 2024 Un Certain Regard The Shameless Nominated
Un Certain Regard – Best Performance[a] Anasuya Sengupta Won [6]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Shared with Abou Sangare for The Story of Souleymane.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Amber Wilkinson, "‘The Shameless’: Cannes Review". Screen Daily, 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ "The Shameless". Cineuropa. 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Ramachandran, Naman (May 18, 2024). "How India-Set Nepal-Shot 'The Shameless' Transitioned From Documentary to Adult Animation to Cannes Un Certain Regard Fiction Feature". Variety. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "The Shameless, as seen by Konstantin Bojanov". Cannes Film Festival. May 17, 2024. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "The Screenings Guide of the 77th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. May 8, 2024. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024.
  6. ^ Lodge, Guy (May 24, 2023). "Cannes Film Festival: 'Black Dog' Wins Un Certain Regard Award". Variety. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

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