La Patrie

Written by: Shreya Seth Kolkata, India Film Review: La Patrie- Homeland Country: India-France Director: Anindya Chatterjee Cast: Parambrata Chatterjee, Ani Hovhannisyan In 1972, when President Richard Nixon was seeking re-election in the United States, he was threatened by John Lennon’s growing popularity and influence, especially his stance against the Vietnam war. In March 1973, John Lennon received a deportation order from the administration citing an erstwhile case from 1968, where Lennon was convicted for possessing marijuana in England. A week after the deportation order, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a press conference announcing the formation of a new conceptual…