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La femme aux Indes
Also known as Women in India in the USA
B&W : Short film
(1909) France
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Pathé Frères production; distributed by Pathé Frères. / Released [?] 5 November? 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Pathé Frères [American] on 10 January 1910; in a split-reel with Un mariage à l’américaine [Miss Moneybags Wishes to Marry] (1909).
Documentary.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The women in India spend their time in making their toilet, in sweet idleness and in prayer. They are passionately fond of jewelry. Their dress consists of tight trousers with sleeveless waist over which is worn a piece of cloth of more or less value. The poorest of them deck themselves out with jewelry of all kinds. The women of India as a rule are brought up in ignorance. Formerly a widow was supposed to be burnt up with her husband’s corpse. To-day, however, she has the choice of becoming a public dancing girl if she wishes to live after her husband’s death. In the evening they go in groups to the temple for prayer, throwing flowers by the roadside as they pass along. It is thus we see them in the last picture of this pretty film.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 April 2024.
References: MovPicWorld-19100108 p. 5 : Website-IMDb.
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