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For the Indian people, Amrita Sher-Gil is a legend, a symbol. Born in Budapest in the early years of the Great War, this artist who was behind contemporary Indian painting died in the winter of 1941, at age 28. From Delhi to Bombay, and for all the artists of the Indian Diaspora throughout the world, she remains an emblem, a memory. Her charisma, sometimes compared to that of the Mexican artist Frida Khalo, situated her at the origins of Indian modernity. Like Nehru, Tagore and Satyajit Ray, she provided, in her field, the Indian sub-continent with a part of its modernity. Shot in New York, Bombay, Simla, Budapest and Paris, the film retraces her wide-ranging life using her letters to friends and family. The film describes a commitment to painting and a life in art as legendary as certain Indian movie stars, such as Smita Patil and Raj Kapoor.

France / India - 2001 - 52 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Director Patrick Cazals Script Patrick Cazals Camera Jacques Malnou Sound K.S. Sivadas, Raja Singh Editing Marie-Agnès Blum Music Hasrat Jaipuri

Production Les Films du Horla, 15 rue Laugier, 95100 Argenteuil, France Tél : +33 (0)1 3947 6648 Fax : +33 (0)1 3947 6648 E-mail : filmsduhorla@free.fr Co-Production Orange Cat Productions

Sales Les Films du Horla, 52, rue Armand-Lépine 92270 Bois, 15 rue Laugier, 95100 Argenteuil, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4780 7236 Fax : +33 (0)1 4780 7236 E-mail : filmsduhorla@free.fr