'Samuel Street', a film made by Londoner Aliakbar Campwala, will be screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival 2016. An ode to one of the world's greatest cities, Mumbai, the movie revolves around a bunch of characters; a young man who returns to India to find a country changed beyond imagination, a mother who holds on to her traditional values in the everchanging world, and a female prison officer living in the UK. The lead roles are played by newcomers Saif Thakur and Anne Adams.
“It's a film that is a warm, comical and nostalgic journey also dashed with surrealism and realism. I wanted to focus on the city dweller and the challenges they face, in particular the elders of Middle Class India,” Campwala said. “Making a film in Mumbai has been one of the toughest aspects of filmmaking in my career as you have to go through a lot of social stereotypes and barriers to create something completely different from normal that can also appeal to communities worldwide.”
