Sita Sings the Blues(Movie, 2008)

Name: Sita Sings the Blues
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance / Love, Fantasy
Released: 2008
Duration: T01:21:00
Rating: 3.5

1h 21min | Genres: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance / Love, Fantasy

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 32 votes)

Sita Sings the Blues is a 2008 American animated musical romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley. It intersperses events from the Ramayana, light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by Annette Hanshaw and scenes from the artist's own life. The ancient mythological and modern biographical plot are parallel tales, sharing numerous themes. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Sita Sings the Blues

Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film nominated for: Someone to Watch Award

About Sita Sings the Blues

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's contemporary personal life, and light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets.

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Trailer for Sita Sings the Blues + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 1:26)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.sitasingstheblues.com

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Based on the work of: Valmiki

Made by: Nina Paley

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 10 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/11/2008

Voice Actor: Annette Hanshaw, Manish Acharya, Nitya Vidyasagar, Pooja Kumar, Nina Paley, Deepti Gupta

Director: Nina Paley

Producer: Nina Paley

Screenwriter: Nina Paley

Film Editor: Nina Paley

Composer: Annette Hanshaw

Production Designer: Nina Paley

Keywords: suspicion, monkey warrior, woman director, exiled prince, jazz, based on myths, legends or folklore, mistrust, martyr, san francisco, california, storytelling, devoted wife, faithfulness, cat, india, test by fire

Budget: 290,000 USD

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Sita Sings the Blues(Movie, 2008)

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