Bangla (film)

Bangla is a 2019 Italian film directed by Phaim

Bhuyian.[3] The film premiered at the 2019 Bangla
International Film Festival Rotterdam.[4]

This movie gets the director, Phaim Bhuyian David di

Donatello Award for Best New Director in 2020.[5] In
13 April 2022, Bangla - La serie was released on
RaiPlay, produced by Fandango and Rai Fiction. A
series sequel of the film having the same director, cast
and characters.[6]

Plot
The film features the struggles of a 22-year-old man in
Rome. Phaim, played by the Director, to balance his
Bengali background, the religious restrictions of Islam
and Ramadan, with meeting a progressive young
Italian girl, 'Asia' with whom he falls in love.
Film poster
Phaim was born in Rome and in the film he and his
Directed by Phaim Bhuyian
friends speak Italian, but his parents are traditional and
Written by Phaim Bhuiyan
he does not reveal his relationship to them. He works
Vanessa Picciarelli
in a museum, and in his free time, performs with his
band at small events. Produced by Domenico Procacci
Annamaria Morelli
He meets Asia at his band's first proper gig. Their Starring Phaim Bhuyian
relationship blossoms and he meets her eccentric Carlotta Antonelli
family and her friends. But he insults her after getting Simone Liberati
drunk for the first time. He then discovers his sister Pietro Sermonti
and his bandmate are both reluctantly engaged in Shaila Mohiuddi
arranged marriages, and he accepts an arranged date Nasima Akhter
with a Bengali girl, Mala. They joke about their other Rishad Noorani
partners, and nothing else happens between them. His
Cinematography Simone D'Onofrio
parents decide to move to London, but his ex-
bandmate, who has already moved there, says life is Edited by Roberto Di Tanna
not great, and he moves back to Rome. This improves Music by Dario Lanzellotti
the band markedly, and they play a gig at a Bengali Production Fandango
wedding, where Phaim fantasizes about Asia while on companies
TimVision Production
stage. The next day, at the mosque, the young Imam
who had counselled Phaim to leave the sin of a Distributed by Fandango
relationship with Asia confesses he was himself in a Release date 26 January 2019 (IFFR)[1]
relationship with an Italian girl who he loves, but is Running time 87 minutes
suffering regret for breaking it off. This precipitates Country Italy
Phaim to run to Asia's apartment where they
Language Italian
passionately make out.
Box office $291 thousand
(worldwide)[2]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.

Hamburg International Film Festival Best Production Nominated [7]

Italian Film Festival Audience Award Won [8]

2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam Big Screen Award Nominated [9]

Nastro d'argento Best Comedy Won [10]

Globo d'oro Best First Feature Won [11][12]

Festival del Cinema Europeo Mario Verdone Award Won [13]

2020
Best Debut Director Won [14]
David di Donatello
Best Original Screenplay Nominated [15]

References
1. "IFFR 2019 Programmabijlage by iffr278 - Issuu" (https://issuu.com/iffr278/docs/iffr_2019_pr
ogrammabijlage). 15 January 2019.
2. "BoxofficeMojo by IMdbpro | Bangla" (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl534021121/
weekend/?sort=date&sortDir=asc&ref_=bo_rl__resort). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
3. "Bongo releases Italian movie 'Bangla' November 13" (https://www.newagebd.net/article/120
204/bongo-releases-italian-movie-bangla-november-13). newagebd.net. Retrieved
28 October 2020.
4. "IFFR reveals Tiger and Big Screen Competition line-ups" (https://press.iffr.com/170600-iffr-r
eveals-tiger-and-big-screen-competition-line-ups). 9 January 2019.
5. "David: Phaim Bhuiyan migliore regista esordiente" (https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/
2020/05/08/david-phaim-bhuiyan-migliore-regista-esordiente_812d7406-d934-47e1-926a-3f
2df77304b7.html). ansa.it. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
6. "BANGLA: LA SERIE - DEBUTTA SU RAI 3 LA SERIE TV SEQUEL DEL FILM DEL 2019
VINCITORE DEL NASTRO D'ARGENTO" (https://www.madforseries.it/news/bangla-la-serie
-debutta-su-rai-3-il-sequel-del-film-del-2019-vincitore-del-nastro-d-argento/).
www.madforseries.it. April 27, 2022.
7. "Hamburg International Film Festival - festivals" (https://filmitalia.org/en/festival/33817/).
8. "O melhor do cinema italiano regressa a Almada — Notícias" (https://festadocinemaitaliano.
com/noticias/o-melhor-do-cinema-italiano-regressa-a-almada).
9. "Bangla" (https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2019/films/bangla).
10. "Nastri d'Argento 2019: «Bangla» di Phaim Bhuiyan è la commedia dell'anno" (https://www.c
orriere.it/spettacoli/19_giugno_29/nastri-d-argento-2019-bangla-phaim-bhuiyan-commedia-d
ell-anno-f81046be-9aa8-11e9-8fdd-d4f7eb4bd62c.shtml). Corriere della Sera. 29 June
2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
11. "Globo d'Oro 2019, ecco i vincitori: Trionfa Borghi e Bosso emoziona" (https://www.romatod
ay.it/eventi/globo-d-oro-premiazioni.html).
12. "Phaim Bhuiyan - Awards" (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9424800/awards/). IMDb.
13. https://www.festivaldelcinemaeuropeo.com/2020/en/mario-verdone-award/
14. "Bellocchio and his Traitor triumph at the David di Donatello awards. Best newcomer the 24-
year-old Bhuiyan" (https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/bellocchio-and-his-traitor-triump
h-at-the-david-di-donatello-awards-best-newcomer-the-24-year-old-bhuiyan).
www.finestresullarte.info.
15. "David di Donatello 2020, le nomination" (https://www.gqitalia.it/show/article/david-donatello-
2020-nomination). GQ Italia. February 18, 2020.

External links
Bangla (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9639274/) at IMDb

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