彭拉拿著16米厘放映機在孟加拉穿山過市，放映「點解要大家笠?」、「男人結紮多面睇」等性教育宣傳片，雖然經常被村民破口大罵，但他卻為了尋覓一個在電影中出現過的美人而繼續旅程。與他坐著Jeep仔一起上路的是司機查保，他投訴多多，只因他即將到地中海打工，人生新一頁馬上揭開。途中，他們遇上了腹大便便的亞美娜，原來她的丈夫在動亂中喪生，已沒有任何文件證明自己的存在，為給孩子一個身份，她毅然徒步走往邊境，彭拉和查保遂決定送亞美娜一程。可惜一天，放映機不見了……
三段不一樣的人生路，在印度當代大師柏特達德古托的雋永影像、流麗敘事之下，道盡印度追夢者的希望與失落。

‧05年鹿特丹國際電影節「世界電影」單元

The film follows Paresh, a government projectionist who travels through remote areas of rural India with his driver Chapal. The two men show educational films to disinterested villagers, while Paresh idolizes the image of a beautiful woman who appears in a surviving fragment of film. On the road, they encounter the pregnant Amina, who is attempting to reach an unspecified border to start a new life with her child. The trio forges an unlikely traveling alliance, just as they are also met with a series of setbacks: their 16mm projector is stolen, and Amina does not possess the documents which will allow her safe passage…
Buddhadeb Dasgupta is undoubtedly contemporary Bengali cinema's most revered filmmaker, crafting unforgettably poetic, subtle portraits of Indian life. CHASED BY DREAMS is definitely one of Dasgupta's most engaging, endearing films to date......

‧Cinema of the World, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2005

Oct 5 (Wed) 9:30pm / bc
Oct 11 (Tue) 2:10pm / bc