Packet 11: Tossup 4

A documentary about this regime inspires students to kill a defense minister who caused a jet crash in a 2006 film. Two oblivious elites ignore the run-up to this regime while obsessed with a game in a 1977 Technicolor film. At the climax (15[2])of a film set during this regime, (-5[1])rain clouds emerge as Elizabeth watches a crowd’s exuberant celebration. While working in advertising, a future director visited the set of a film (-5[1])that takes place during this regime, (*) Jean Renoir’s The River. (10[1])A young brother and sister (10[3])living under this regime chase a train through a (10[1])field of white flowers (10[1])in a film from the Parallel Cinema movement, which emerged after this regime’s end. Villagers burdened by this regime’s land tax during a drought are challenged to a cricket (10[1])match in Lagaan. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what colonial regime is the setting of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy? ■END■ (10[2])

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