Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

2008 · Feature film · 81 min · dir. Nina Paley

The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.

• Fantasy
• musical film

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Synopsis

An animated retelling of the Hindu epic the Ramayana — centered on Sita's devotion and heartbreak — interwoven with the filmmaker's own modern-day breakup, narrated by shadow puppets and set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Director

Nina Paley

Writer

Nina Paley

Studio

Nina Paley

Released

2008-02-11

Running time

81 minutes

Cast & crew

• Nina Paley Director
• RReena Shah
• Debargo Sanyal
• AAnnette Hanshaw
• AAseem Chhabra
• BBhavana Nagulapally
• MManish Acharya
• SSanjiv Jhaveri
• Pooja Kumar

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