SALAAM BOMBAY! A FILM BY MIRA NAIR 35 mm - 113 minutes - Color 1988 THE STORY Krishna, a 10-year-old boy, is abandoned by the travelling circus he works for and comes to Bombay, dreaming of making 500 rupees to take home to his mother in the village. Once in the city, he is immediately surrounded by its madness and cacophony: policemen, brothels, traffic, madmen, middlemen, the trading of drugs and flesh, impossible movie fantasies, and everywhere, children like himself surviving and succumbing to the appetite of the city. Krishna begins to work at the bottom of the street hierarchy and becomes Chaipau, or One Who Delivers Tea and Bread. Into this world enters Solasaal, or Sweet Sixteen, a rebellious young Nepalese girl who has been forcibly brought to Bombay to be sold as a virgin-prostitute. Chaipau unwittingly acts as a catalyst in their lives until their stories coalesce into a surprising and climatic end. "Salaam Bombay! is a "cri de coeur", a wonderful hymn to life in a city where children are princes." Premiere "Salaam Bombay! is a beautiful film, full of violence and feelings." Le Nouvel Observateur "So much energy on the screen." Telerama Caméra d'or, Cannes film festival 1988 Jury prize, Montreal film festival, 1988 Nomination for an Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film for 1988 TO SCREEN THIS FILM/ POUR VISIONNER : http://www.artevod.com/programDetails.do?emissionId=1094