Round 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 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 that takes place during this regime, (*) Jean Renoir’s The River. A young brother and sister living under this regime chase a train through a field of white flowers 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 match in Lagaan. For 10 points, what colonial regime is the setting of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy? ■END■ (10[1])

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